A new home for Mary Bridge Children’s
Vision: To be the Pacific Northwest’s highest value system of care for kids.
We are excited to expand access to care for children in the region with a state-of-the-art pediatric campus including a new inpatient tower and new ambulatory building with urgent care and behavioral health services, all dedicated to the unique needs of kids.
We are reallocating space from our original site plans to include a new pediatric ambulatory building, creating better access to care and opportunities for future growth.
Originally scheduled for completion in late 2024, the new campus is now slated to open for patient care in early 2026.
The new buildings will be detached from the hospital’s existing outpatient center. The entrance for both acute and emergency services will be a single covered drop-off point accessible from Martin Luther King Jr Way, providing easy access for pedestrians, vehicles and Sound Transit Hilltop Tacoma Link light rail riders.
Watch as our campus transforms
Major updates to the project and timeline include:
- Adjusted timeline for project completion, from late 2024 to early 2026.
- Creation of an ambulatory building featuring specialty clinics, urgent care and behavioral health crisis management services. Construction to begin mid-2024.
- Reduction in inpatient hospital square footage, from 300,000 to 250,000. Construction to begin mid-2023.
- Two new parking structures, one for staff and one for patients and visitors. Construction to begin mid-2023.
Additional information about the project, including locations of services and specific campus features, will be announced as it becomes available.
Project partners
Mary Bridge Children’s has partnered with CBRE for project management, ESa (Earl Swensson Associates, Nashville) and TGB Architects (Edmonds, Wash.) for architecture and design, and WSP USA (Dallas) for Building Engineering Services, SDG (Nashville) for structural engineering, AHBL (Tacoma, Wash.) for civil engineering/landscape design, and Layton Construction (Salt Lake City) and Abbott Construction (Tacoma, Wash.) for construction of the new hospital.
Mary Bridge Children’s Foundation
Generous donations to the Mary Bridge Children’s Foundation allow the hospital to expand access to care so all children can receive the care they need. The Mary Bridge Brigade is the largest and oldest donor and, throughout its more than 100-year history, has donated in excess of $50 million to Mary Bridge Children’s, including a $10 million commitment to the new children’s hospital.
Donor-supported programs and services made possible by the Mary Bridge Children’s Foundation include mobile immunization clinics, child life services, Helping Hands and more.
A world-class city deserves a world-class hospital
With the help of Mary Bridge Children’s staff and generous community donors, we will build one of the most advanced children’s hospitals in the nation on a health care campus that is a beacon of hope and healing for the community.
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Donate to Mary Bridge Children’s
Mary Bridge Children’s serves more than 300,000 children each year. More than half of the families served are low-income and more than 60 percent of Mary Bridge Children’s families are on Medicaid.
Because of donations through the Mary Bridge Children’s Foundation, we can provide children with the care they need. Thanks to generous donors, the Mary Bridge Children’s Foundation continues to support uncompensated care and clinical and community programs not fully covered by insurance.
You can support Mary Bridge Children’s efforts with gift through the Mary Bridge Children’s Foundation.
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Project Funding
Mary Bridge Children’s Foundation is beginning the work of partnering with the community to raise funding needed for the new hospital building. Since the founding of the Tacoma Orthopedic Association in 1921, now the Mary Bridge Brigade, generosity has been the cornerstone of Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital and Health Network. Learn more about Mary Bridge Children’s Foundation and ways to support Mary Bridge Children’s or contact our team at [email protected].