The St. Luke's Boise development project will evolve over several years. This is not a “single project” proposal, but a multi-phase plan that will occur in stages over the years to come. At its core is our commitment to create an environment in which we can provide the best possible care for patients and families—an environment geared toward safety, healing, and comfort, following the most proven, effective, and efficient practices in healthcare facility design.

Some details of the plan include:

• The Idaho Elks Children’s Pavilion—a specialty health center housing outpatient services—built on the corner of Jefferson Street and Avenue B, and connected directly to St. Luke’s Children’s Hospital by a sky bridge over Avenue B. The pavilion is home to physician clinics and rehabilitation, as well as a healing arts and health resource center for children and families. It also includes an underground parking garage.
• The Children’s Hospital itself will be expanded within the east wing of our current Boise hospital. This will affect all our inpatient services, such as our critical care unit, operating rooms, and pediatric unit.
• St. Luke’s Cancer Institute will be expanded into space vacated by children’s services moving to the new Children's Pavilion.
• The hospital will be expanded to the north, allowing us to create integrated outpatient clinics and physician offices in close proximity to hospitalized patients, labs, and testing facilities. The design incorporates the most advanced technology and state-of-the-art equipment.
• Our current main hospital tower will be modernized and renovated, including critical care units, labor and delivery, emergency department, operating suites, and about 60 additional patient rooms.
• A new parking structure between 1st and 2nd Streets, north of Jefferson. This structure, along with the underground garage at Jefferson and Avenue B, accommodates the needs of patients, visitors, and staff, alleviating demand for on-street parking.
• A new central plant, which provides essential utilities such as emergency power, medical gases, heating, and air conditioning, was built at 2nd and Jefferson streets, replacing our aging plant currently located at 1st and Jefferson.