Building on our promise — and our mission to improve the health of the communities we serve — St. Luke’s is starting an exciting new phase to upgrade and enhance our Boise Medical Center. Following the completion of the Idaho Elks Children’s Pavilion in 2019 and hospital ancillary facilities in 2021, including a new parking garage for patients and a utility plant to improve facility operations, St. Luke’s will soon launch efforts to construct a new hospital tower and adjoining medical office plaza. These new buildings, all part of the city of Boise-approved master plan, will directly improve access to care for patients, while increasing St. Luke’s ability to care for the growing number of patients in our communities.
The new tower, located just north of the existing hospital along Jefferson Street between Ave. B and 1st Street, will be critical in enabling St. Luke’s to meet current and future health care needs of the communities we serve. The facility is expected to be two stories below ground and nine stories above ground — one story shorter than the existing St. Luke’s hospital tower.
Key facts and figures about the new hospital tower include:
The new medical office plaza will integrate into the new tower and connect to the new patient parking garage that was completed in 2021 via a skybridge over 1st Street. The new MOP will consolidate the Idaho Heart Clinic and Jefferson Medical Office Plaza, creating more access and a streamlined experience for patients.
Following established approval processes with the appropriate government entities and neighbors, we will break ground on a reconfigured ambulance entrance to the hospital’s emergency department on Jefferson Street. Work on this new entrance is expected to start in late summer/early fall 2023. This will ensure emergency vehicles have access while the new tower and medical office plaza are under construction. Construction on the new tower and medical office plaza is expected to begin in 2024.*
*Dates and figures subject to change.
See the entire Boise campus development timeline on the St. Luke's Boise Development Plan page.
*Dates and figures subject to change.
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Generous and thoughtful gifts are needed to fully fund this critical development. Your support will create lasting impact for every life St. Luke’s touches. If you would like more information or to consider making a gift, please email St. Luke’s Health Foundation or call us at (208) 381-2123.