On Oct. 29, 2021, Oregon Health & Science University’s (OHSU) board of directors approved a project to expand OHSU Hospital on Marquam Hill. The board approved $650 million in funding for the inpatient hospital bed expansion, an additional 26,000 square feet for operating rooms. The five-year project will break ground in spring 2022, with completion expected in 2026.

The project will add 152 licensed inpatient medical and surgical beds and provide shelled space for an additional 32 beds – a net total of 184 new inpatient beds, which increases hospital capacity by about a third. The project will also increase the number of adult inpatient operating rooms from 25 to 31.

In 2019, the OHSU board approved funding to design an OHSU Hospital expansion, but the project was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.