Board of Commissioners from the South Broward Hospital District, executives and staff from Memorial Healthcare System gathered recently to celebrate a construction milestone that will improve the overall parking experience at Memorial Regional Hospital, the system’s flagship.

 

Located on the northwest corner of the grounds, the structure is adding 1,302 spaces to the existing 2,682 spaces on its Hollywood campus nearly doubling the amount of available parking. Once completed, the garage will total 570,330 square feet and seven stories high. The ground floor will include a state-of-the-art conference room, containing an auditorium with a seating capacity of 400 people, a lobby area, a small kitchen, four classrooms with one that can be partitioned into two, and a small retail space for a food vendor to provide food options for visitors and employees. In an effort to follow and promote a high-performing, sustainable garage standards, the project will also feature electric car charging stations and plenty of bicycle racks.

 

A signing ceremony served as the backdrop to commemorate the construction progress of the $42 million parking garage expansion at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, FL. Present at the ceremony were executive staff members, commissioners, and construction partners from Joint Venture Team of Stiles Thornton Joint Venture, who signed the spaces around a plaque affixed to a wall on the first floor of the new structure. The area will be covered with a clear protector to preserve the historical marker for years to come.

 

The parking garage and extension on slated to be fully operational in August 2017.