Borgess Medical Center begins $35M Stryker Center expansion: 6 things to know

Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Borgess Medical Center plans to spend $35 million to expand the Stryker Center, the hospital’s outpatient center, according to Michigan Live.

Here are six things to know:

1. The expansion includes adding a second floor to the Stryker Center. The 32,000-square-foot addition will include 10 operating rooms.

2. Borgess Medical Center will also be able to build two surgical suites in the future after the expansion is completed.

3. Construction on the center is set to beginning July 1, and hospital executives estimate the project will be completed in the spring or summer of 2020.

4. While some services will be relocated during the expansion, patients and providers should not experience any disruptions.

5. The Stryker Center opened in 2005 and since them the outpatient center has seen an influx in patients.

6. Borgess Health manages 15 hospitals and various healthcare facilities in Michigan.

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