Department of Veterans Affairs, Cares Tower

Westlake Reed Leskosky, in association with Cannon Design was retained by the Department of Veterans Affairs to design and implement the new Cares Tower and hospital expansion at the Louis Stokes VA Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The project consolidates services currently offered at the Brecksville facility into one facility. The bed tower expansion measures 268,000 square feet and will include 260 beds in a 8 story structure. Project construction...

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Hillcrest Hospital Major Campus Expansion

Hillcrest Hospital serves a four county region in Northeastern Ohio-a population requiring broader healthcare services than when the hospital was built in 1968. It is one of only six hospitals in the US to be ranked ten times among the nation's Top 100 Hospitals and a Top 100 Hospital for its cardiovascular services by Thomson Healthcare. Continuing a two-decade consultancy relationship with Hillcrest Hospital that has encompassed more...

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Hillcrest Hospital West Tower

In the context of a $150M master planned capital project, the firm was retained to analyze three options for developing expansion of medical surgical beds with a $40M budget and an accelerated construction process. The resultant West Wing is comprised of two floors of vertical expansion over two floors of renovated space for services including surgery, oncology, ICU and PACU. An addition to the first floor houses an enlarged Radiation...

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Lakewood Hospital Master Plan

Lakewood Hospital is a 400-bed acute care, community hospital serving more than 130,000 patients in several buildings ranging in age from 1912 to 2002. Westlake Reed Leskosky was retained in 2006 to perform a Master Plan Feasibility Study in order to evaluate the existing facility and determine an action plan for improvements. The Study addressed several key project initiatives, including: facilitating or strengthening programs related to specialty services lines; converting...

Saint Vincent Health Center, Saint Vincent Health Center

This major renovation and expansion project was initiated by the client's desire to solve several fundamental problems: simplification of the unplanned circulation system, replacement of obsolete critical care and OB/GYN units with designs responsive to a newly adopted patient-focused care approach, replacement of laboratory and diagnostic cardiology suites, decentralized nurse stations to bring staff closer to patients, development and relocation of a new entry, and creation of a strong public...

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, South Pointe Hospital

With surgery as the cornerstone, the 100,000 square foot expansion creates a distinctive and highly visible, new entry to the campus; a technologically advanced surgery center and intensive care unit with an innovative, 4-bed decentralized nursing module; and a comprehensive medical education center. The project includes conference facilities and a 150-seat auditorium funded by a $6 million grant from The Brentwood Foundation for medical education and community use. Serving the...

Salem Community Hospital, Surgery Center Expansion

This new 32,000 sf, two-story surgery center includes a suite of six operating rooms arranged around a sterile core with potential for future expansion to eight ORs. The design provides natural light, logical circulation separating staff, public and patient traffic, and maximizes adaptability/flexibility. Adjacent inpatient and ambulatory areas are each other's overflow space and feature universal bays to handle pre- and post-operative patients. Intended to blend with...

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Twinsburg Family Health and Surgery Center

Westlake Reed Leskosky master planned and designed the multi-phase development of an award winning new 80-acre suburban medical campus. The first two phases encompass a 160,000 sf Family Health Center and 304,000 sf complex comprised of an Emergency Department, Ambulatory Surgery Center and 140-bed hospital. A third phase is planned for an additional bed tower with outparcels for specific areas of care. The design challenge involved issues of...

Salem Community Hospital, New Central Plant Replacement Facility

This uniquely intelligent Central Plant replacement deploys sustainable design meeting LEED silver certification, and innovative engineering technology that exceed standard healthcare requirements to meet the hospital's current loads, potential emergencies, and future expansions. The entirely new 76,000 square foot Central Plant is one of the first healthcare plants in the country of its size to deploy rotary flywheel technology for uninterrupted power, an innovative green battery-free power source for the...

University Hospital Health System, Chagrin Highlands Medical Center

This highly flexible, free-standing medical office building takes advantage of a prominent site to create a welcoming presence for outpatient programs including oncological care and treatment, cardiovascular rehabilitation, internal medicine and women's health within 100,000 gsf of space. The rippling skin of diamond shaped stainless steel shingles and glass is prompted by the freeway location, creating a dazzling and kinetic effect, also allowing visibility into the building waiting areas.