When it’s complete, the new part of the hospital will offer 432 private patient rooms, each with the highest levels of interactive smart technology; the 449 patient rooms that will remain at the existing hospital will be converted into private spaces. | Photo Credit: DLR Group
- Henry Ford Health marked a topping-out milestone as steel reached the full height of a new 20-story patient tower for its Destination: Grand campus expansion in Detroit.
- Plans outlined by the project team include 432 private patient rooms, 28 operating suites, five floors of specialized intensive care units, and a 75,000-square-foot emergency department with 100 private treatment spaces.
- The tower is expected to connect to the existing Henry Ford Hospital via bridges and convert all 881 licensed beds to private rooms.
- HDR and DLR Group | Tsoi Kobus Design are among the design team members
- The broader expansion remains on track for completion in 2029.
DETROIT — Henry Ford Health celebrated a topping-out ceremony in May for the new $2.2 billion Henry Ford Hospital patient tower at its Destination: Grand campus expansion, marking when the steel structure reached its full 20-story height above West Grand Boulevard in Detroit.
During the event, the final steel beam — signed by hundreds of team members — was placed atop the tower as work continues on a 1.2-million-square-foot expansion, according to the project announcements.
When it’s complete, the new part of the hospital will offer 432 private patient rooms, each with the highest levels of interactive smart technology; the 449 patient rooms that will remain at the existing hospital will be converted into private spaces. Five floors of the new patient tower will be dedicated to specialized intensive care units. Twenty-eight new operating suites capable of handling complex surgical cases — from transplants to brain surgery — will be housed in the low-rise section of the building. From robots delivering medical supplies to AI integration to support the most innovative care, every detail of the new hospital is being selected with medical excellence in mind.
“This steel beam symbolizes the strength of our commitment to the city we’ve called home for more than a century,” said Henry Ford Health President and CEO Bob Riney in a statement. “This milestone moment brings us one step closer to opening the hospital of the future, where people from Detroit and around the world will have access to the very best in medical breakthroughs, technology, treatment, and healing environments, regardless of where they live or their socio-economic status.”
Destination: Grand also includes a new 1,500 space parking garage; a Shared Services Building, which will house the hospital’s kitchen, pharmacy, laboratory and more; and the Central Energy Hub, which will produce clean energy for the hospital, making it one of the largest all-electric hospitals in the country.
HDR is serving as designer and architect of record, DLR Group | Tsoi Kobus Design as design partner, and Hamilton Anderson Associates as collaborating architect. Crews from BTD, a joint venture created by Barton Malow, Turner Construction and Dixon Construction, are on track to complete the hospital in 2029.
This article is based on reporting originally published by HDR on May 19, 2026, and DLR Group on May 20, 2026.