Piedmont Hospital Expansion To Open Early To Meet COVID-19 Demands In Atlanta

Three ICU and acute care units in the new Marcus Tower will be available for patients, adding 132 beds with 64 designated as ICU beds.

Published: April 7, 2020Posted by Tracey Walker, Managing Editor

Marcus Tower at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, which was slated to open late this summer, is on track to open almost four months early to help address the COVID-19 pandemic.

If needed, three intensive care unit (ICU) and acute nursing units on the 6^th, 7^th, and 8^th floors of the 16-story tower will be made available, adding a total of 132 additional beds, including 64 designated as ICU beds. These units will house both COVID-19 positive patients and non-COVID-19 patients.

The rest of Marcus Tower is slated to open in August and will feature up to 408 beds, operating rooms, and cardiac labs as well as the Piedmont Heart Institute, a new Marcus Heart and Vascular Center, Samsky Invasive Cardiovascular Services Center, and Shaheen Auditorium.

The project management team includes HKS (architecture; Atlanta), Brasfield & Gorrie (contractor; Atlanta), and CBRE (investment/real estate; Los Angeles).