Mayo Clinic Announces $1.9 Billion Expansion in Arizona

Phoenix, AZ (KROC-AM News) - Even as Mayo Clinic is embarking on a $5 billion investment in Rochester, the world-famous healthcare provider today announced a nearly $1.9 billion investment at its Arizona campus.

According to a news release, the investment at the Phoenix facility includes a 1.2 million square-foot expansion. The project calls for a new procedural building, a five floor expansion of the Mayo Clinic Specialty Building, the integration of leading edge technology, 11 new operating rooms, and two new patient care units with 48 additional beds.

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"This incredible investment will forever change the patient and staff experience in Arizona as Mayo Clinic grows and reinvents its nationally recognized clinical care, research and education," says Richard J. Gray, M.D., CEO of Mayo Clinic in Arizona. "Bold. Forward. Unbound. in Arizona will increase clinical space on the Phoenix campus by nearly 60 percent, allowing us to care for more patients than ever before. We look forward to setting new standards for patient care and medical innovation."

The news release says the plan also calls for a two-story indoor promenade wrapping around the front of the campus that is designed to create "cohesion and convenience" for patients and visitors moving from building to building. Mayo Clinic officials say design work for the projects will begin this year and construction is scheduled to be completed in 2031.

The Arizona projects and the massive expansion projects getting underway in Rochester are part of Mayo Clinic's Bold. Forward. Unbound strategic initiative.

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