Froedtert & the Medical School of Wisconsin shifting forward with $70 million Sheboygan mission

A rendering for a neighborhood hospital improvement Froedtert & the Medical School of Wisconsin are planning in Sheboygan. (rendering courtesy of EUA)

Froedtert & the Medical School of Wisconsin is shifting forward with plans for a $70 million neighborhood hospital in Sheboygan, or so it seems from mission plans reviewed this week by metropolis officers.

In response to paperwork submitted to the Plan Fee, the 165,000-square-foot improvement can be constructed on 26-acres of vacant land on the northeastern nook of North Taylor Drive and Saemann Avenue, and would come with, amongst different issues, in-patient care, an emergency division, imaging companies, outpatient surgical procedure and a three-story medical workplace constructing.

Froedtert & MCW bought the farmland from the Sheboygan Faculty Space Faculty District final spring for $3 million.

The location sits throughout the road from the Hospital Sisters Well being System’s (HSHS) St. Nicholas Hospital, and a few half mile from Froedtert’s current Sheboygan North Taylor Clinic at 1414 N Taylor Drive.

Rising attain

Requested if Froedtert deliberate to shut that clinic following the opening of the brand new improvement, a spokesperson stated solely that the well being community was reviewing main care location choices in Sheboygan.

“Our presence within the Sheboygan neighborhood aligns with our continued funding and dedication to supply entry to educational drugs to the folks of the various communities we serve and ship the appropriate care in the appropriate place on the proper time,” Stephanie Burton, government director of communication for Froedtert Well being, wrote in an e-mail. “The Frequent Council’s March 2023 approval of the zoning modifications is one in every of many steps as we proceed to discover alternatives that can complement and develop the Froedtert & the Medical School of Wisconsin well being community’s presence within the Sheboygan neighborhood. We’re at the moment working with the Metropolis of Sheboygan on subsequent steps.”

These steps, in response to a tentative timeline, might embrace a mission that begins building someday subsequent yr, takes 18-20 months to finish and is prepared for sufferers by the spring or summer time of 2026.

The mission is estimated to create 300 everlasting jobs, with at the least 150 of these positions positioned throughout the new improvement.

A website plan for the proposed hospital improvement. (Picture courtesy of Froedtert and the Metropolis of Sheboygan)

Constructing and companies

The four-story neighborhood hospital at the moment envisioned for the event would function 24/7 and embrace an emergency division with 10 beds and 10 inpatient rooms for follow-up care and commentary. Imaging companies would come with X-ray, fluoroscopy, ultrasound, and CT rooms with potential for MRI imaging.

The outpatient surgical procedure heart would boast 4 working rooms with one other 12 rooms for prepping for and recovering from procedures.

EUA (Eppstein Uhen Architects) is working with Froedtert on the design of the constructing. Present plans don’t name for a parking construction. The event would come with greater than 400 surface-parking-lot areas, nevertheless.

Senior Residing Neighborhood

Froedtert is slated to share the 26-acre former faculty district website with a proposed Senior Residing Neighborhood to be developed to the north of the hospital campus.

Wauwatosa-based Matter Growth is looking for to assemble a 187-unit senior continuum of care neighborhood on a roughly 6.3-acre website positioned on the southeast nook of Taylor Drive and Geele Avenue, in response to Plan Fee paperwork. The mission would come with 120 unbiased residing, 45-assisted residing, and 22-memory care models.

The event, like others constructed by Matter in Oconomowoc, Mequon, and Pewaukee, can be operated by their affiliate Koru Well being.