Trauma center, emergency department coming with $400 million Grant Medical Center expansion

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Grant Medical Center is moving forward with the next phase of a $400 million expansion project.

The parking garage and medical office that sit at 288 E. Town St. will be demolished, according to a conceptual review submitted to the Downtown Commission, and a seven-story, 270,000-square-foot trauma and critical care center will be built, along with a 120-space underground parking garage.

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Originally announced in 2023, the $400 million project includes an ambulatory building, emergency pavilion, and trauma and critical care center. The expansion project is being conducted in two phases.

The first phase will introduce medical offices and a parking garage at the corner of State Street and Grant Avenue. Construction began in September and is planned to open in the spring of 2025.

Phase two will include the trauma and critical care center, starting with the demolition of a parking garage in the spring of 2025. Construction will begin that summer, with the expansion expected to open in 2028.

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Due to the project, Grant Medical Center is expected to increase its trauma bays from three to five, improve and expand its parking options, increase total beds on the main campus from about 406 to more than 450, and create hundreds of jobs.

On Tuesday, a conceptual review of the trauma and critical care center is set to go before the Downtown Commission.

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