New Outpatient Medical Facility: Penn Medicine at Washington Square	Print Issue
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(above) Penn Medicine at Washington Square located at 800 Walnut Street in the heart of Center City Philadelphia has a green roof.

Penn Medicine celebrated one of the largest capital projects in the history of Pennsylvania Hospital last Thursday with the official opening of Penn Medicine Washington Square—a new 153,000 square foot, "green" building in Center City Philadelphia located at 800 Walnut Street—that serves as the major hub of outpatient care for Pennsylvania Hospital. This modern facility features leading-edge telecommunication and clinical information systems, providing patients with the most advanced level of collaborative and interdisciplinary care.

More than 100 providers from across a wide range of services—including cardiology, concierge medicine, otorhinolaryngology, primary care, surgery and women's health—are available in one location along with patient pre-admission testing and phlebotomy services. The facility is also built atop an existing parking garage, offering added convenience for patients. It occupies 12 floors atop the garage—floors 8 through 20.

Penn Medicine Washington Square is an integral part of Pennsylvania Hospital's master plan which includes the expansion of private rooms for patients. It represents great strides in both meeting the growing need for outpatient care and Penn Medicine's overall commitment to its patients in Center City and beyond.

Comprised of technologically sophisticated patient exam rooms and laboratory space designed for interdisciplinary care with advanced on-site diagnostics, Penn Medicine Washington Square is a "green" urban redevelopment, complete with a Green Roof atop the building.

Penn Medicine Washington Square facilitates and enhances collaboration—especially among services dispersed across the Pennsylvania Hospital campus—by uniting clinical offices and over 100 physicians previously spread across seven different buildings.

This exciting new expansion of Pennsylvania Hospital has come about through the partnership of Penn Medicine with the City of Philadelphia and Liberty Property Trust, the Malvern-based real estate investment trust and developer of the Walnut Towers property.