An artist's rendering of the planned ASU Health headquarters. Image: Courtesy of Arizona State University
Work is officially underway on the planned ASU Health headquarters building in downtown Phoenix.
Zoom in: ASU president Michael Crow, Phoenix Mayor Gallego, Gov. Hobbs and other officials were on hand yesterday morning for a groundbreaking ceremony near 5th and Fillmore streets.
The building is scheduled to open for the 2028-2029 academic year.
State of play: The 175,000-square-foot building will be part of the Phoenix Bioscience Core and will house ASU's John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering and the School of Technology for Public Health, along with other programs.
ASU Health will be a hub for discussing new innovations and new ways to improve health outcomes and educate people, Crow told the crowd.
"We already have great institutions. This is not in lieu of the things we already have," he said. "How do we build ASU Health with a new kind of medical school?"
Catch up quick: The city of Phoenix last month approved $50 million for the $200 million project.
The state provided $100 million and other funding came from private philanthropy, per ASU.
