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Minnesota Hospital Plans Major Expansion

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MOOSE LAKE, Minn. — Mercy Hospital in Moose Lake, Minn., has been tapped to receive $38 million in loans from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development for a 116,400-square-foot facility.

With construction slated to begin next May or June, the major project is a big step for the locally operated facility that has a primary service area of approximately 13,000 people.

The original facility is more than 50 years old and has undergone numerous additions and renovations over the decades.

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$20.8 Million Children’s Hospital Complete

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$20.8 Million St. Paul Children’s Hospital Complete

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare celebrated the completion of its new, $20.8 million outpatient facility across from Regions Hospital, where they shared operations for 33 years.

Work on the 52,567 square foot facility and $2 million pedestrian bridge running over the main thoroughfare was begun in 2009 by McGough Construction and largely completed by late last year. BWBR Architects designed the facility.

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Contractor Eyes LEED Certification For New Hospital

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MINNEAPOLIS — Kraus-Anderson Construction Co., one of the Midwest’s oldest and largest commercial general contractors and construction managers, is set to start construction in January on a new 400,000-square-foot LEED-certified hospital for Gundersen Lutheran Health System.
 
The new construction and renovation of the current hospital space is one of the largest healthcare construction projects in the La Crosse region.

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