Construction Starts For New Cedars-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital

MARINA DEL REY, CA — Construction for the new Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital starts in October and the hospital has selected the contractor to build the new technologically advanced location, officials announced Tuesday.

"After years of community outreach efforts — gaining support from key community leaders, organizations and the city of Los Angeles — we're excited to begin building a new hospital that will allow those who live and work in the Marina del Rey area to receive the highest-quality healthcare without having to leave their neighborhoods," said Joanne Laguna-Kennedy, MSN, RN, vice president and chief operating officer of Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital.

Hospital staff has stepped in to provide major community care during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The new nine-story building will expand the hospital's surgery and emergency services, which have been critical to the community as health experts work to stop the spread of the virus.

Rudolph and Sletten Inc. is the contractor and will build the new facility along Lincoln Boulevard, allowing the existing hospital to remain fully operational during construction. Once the new building is completed, the old building will be demolished. No exact date for demolition was announced.

To make space for construction activity, a new lobby and main entrance will open on the north side of the hospital on Oct. 4. Patients and visitors can also access the new north lobby entrance by entering the hospital campus from Mindanao Way and parking in the North Lot. The south lobby entrance will close later this year.

The replacement hospital is slated to be completed in 2026. It will feature new or enhanced services and programs, including additional private patient rooms, state-of-the-art operating rooms, cardiac catheterization and gastroenterology labs, and interventional procedure suites to handle complex cases, such as treatments for strokes and other image-guided interventions. The new Emergency Department will feature expanded diagnostic and treatment facilities.

The total number of private patient rooms will increase from 68 to 160. The number of operating rooms will increase from six to 10; and, the number of procedure rooms (Cath Lab/Interventional Radiology/GI Endoscopy) will increase from one to four.

The new hospital will also feature more outdoor space for patients, visitors and staff. The sustainable design offers an ideal level of daylight while minimizing solar heat gain and glare, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy use. The landscaping will include native plants to help minimize water needed for irrigation.

"Building this replacement hospital and creating a new campus from scratch is a dream come true for an architect," said Zeke Triana, AIA, vice president of Facilities Planning, Design and Construction at Cedars-Sinai. "By the time we're done, the community will have the beautiful, world-class hospital that it deserves."

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