MGH Project Team Discusses Community Benefits for Proposed Project

The project team for Mass General Hospital’s planned $1.9 billion expansion of its Cambridge Street campus were on hand June 24 for a virtual forum sponsored by the Beacon Hill Civic Association to discuss community benefits for the project.

MGH has proposed a new building comprising a pair of connected, 12-story towers that would provide 482 new hospital beds (for a net gain of 94 new beds); additional imaging and lab space, as well as new exam rooms and infusion bays; 929 parking spaces (for a net gain of 175 new spaces) located beneath the development; and 1,043 spots for bikes on the campus (for a net gain of 566 new spaces).

Construction is scheduled to get underway in June of 2022, with the project expected to wrap up in 2030, according to Nick Haney, a project manager in MGH’s planning and construction department. The protracted construction time is largely due to the logistics of keeping parking open throughout the duration of the project, which includes razing the Parkman Street Garage, he added.