UCI Announces Plans to Break Ground on New Hospital

A rendering of UCI Medical Center Irvine-Newport, a full-service academic health complex, was released Jan. 21, 2020. Courtesy of University of California—Irvine

IRVINE, Calif.—Plans to build a world-class hospital and medical center estimated to cost more than $1 billion on the northern edge of the University of California—Irvine (UCI) campus have been approved by the University of California Board of Regents.

Construction of the 144-bed acute care facility, ambulatory care center and cancer center is expected to begin this year.