Jul 19, 2011Top University News

Officials Break Ground for Battle Building, U.Va.‘s Children’s Hospital

by Matt Kelly, UVaToday

U.Va. officials break ground for the Battle Building Photo: Dan Addison

University of Virginia officials broke ground today for the Battle Building at the U.Va.’s Children’s Hospital, the newest addition to the University Health System.

The ceremonial groundbreaking, with University officials turning over soil in a sandbox filled with toys, took place next to the actual construction site, between the Lee Street parking garage and West Main Street, next to the Blake Building.

The $141 million project, which will centralize medical care for children, will be a 200,000-square-foot, seven-story complex housing treatment areas, outpatient services and research.

“I think this is a great victory,” University President Teresa A. Sullivan said after the ceremony. “People have been working a long time on this, and it will benefit children that have not even been born yet. This will be a great facility and a beacon of hope for parents with children who are ill.”

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