Updated: 4:57 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007 | Posted: 4:50 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007
PITTSBURGH —
The campus is set to open in Lawrenceville in about a year and a half.
There will be nine buildings on the site of the former St. Francis Hospital, including a nine-story building for patients and a 10-story research center.
Most of the nearly 300 patient rooms will be private, so parents can stay overnight with their children.
Another feature is the spacious four-story atrium, called a family resource center, where children can interact with parents and caregivers.
The new Children's Hospital is expected to open in May 2009.
It will cost $620 million to build.