Manhattan Construction Company, general constructors on the project, report that they will top out the building in the next few weeks. The new 371-bed hospital will be the city's first new hospital in over 20 years. The main hospital entrance will face 23rd Street directly across from the current building and adjacent to the Foggy Bottom Metro station entrance. The emergency entrance will be south of Washington Circle, between New Hampshire Avenue and 23rd Street. The George Washington University Hospital is owned by a partnership between Universal Health Services, Inc., the nation's third largest hospital management company, and The George Washington University.
Construction workers pour concrete.
Placement of concrete will continue, for all six floors and will top out the building in May 2001.