In Construction: Building a Wellness Village

From steel and glass, a paradigm-shifting healthcare facility is emerging in Irvine, California. The $1 billion expansion of Hoag Hospital Irvine’s Sun Family Campus will create a healthcare village designed around wellness, comprehensive specialty care and a nature-infused patient and provider experience.

The final steel beams are in place in all six of the campus’ low-rise buildings. The Surgical Pavilion, which will offer state-of-the-art robotic-assisted procedures and real-time integration of surgeons and pathologists, is about 75% complete. The Laboratory & Logistics Pavilion, the center that will be the hub for the hospital’s lab and pharmaceutical services, will be open by the fall. Parking structures have been completed, and a new café has opened on site. The main hospital’s new entry concourse is also substantially completed.

Adjacent to the campus, a temporary, 10,000-square-foot project office was created to serve as a command post for the design and construction teams. On a daily basis, LPA’s integrated team comes together in “the Big Room” to work through issues with representatives from Hoag, construction managers Jacobs and Cushman & Wakefield, general contractors McCarthy Building Companies, Align Builders and NelsonHPS, structural engineer KPFF and MEP engineer WSP.

“Every step of this largest project in Hoag’s history has been focused on Hoag’s vision for the future of healthcare in Irvine,” says LPA Regional Managing Director Greg Schneekluth.

The existing campus has remained open during construction with minimal interruption to patient care. The expanded facility is expected to be fully open and operational in 2026.