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V O L . X X X I N O. X I I ยง 2 J U N E 2 , 2 0 2 5 24 T he Malone Family Tower is an eight-story addition to Maine Medical Center's Portland campus. e tower is the culmination of a decade-long development initiative to increase access to hospital-based care, create more private rooms and facilitate better patient outcomes. Faced with an aging campus, hospital leadership wanted to remain at the original location but needed to address infrastructure and community needs such as inefficient space allocation, population growth and a shortage of surgical beds. e tower creates 19 procedure rooms, 40 pre- and post-surgical bays and 96 universal patient rooms that can be transitioned from ICU to med- ical/surgical beds to allow for the hospital to adapt as patient volumes and acuities require over time. The Malone Family Tower is a catalyst for increasing overall campus performance and improves energy efficiency across the campus' aging build- ings. e tower is the first building of its kind in Maine to undergo a whole building lifecycle assess- ment, resulting in reduced embodied carbon and integration of durable natural materials that ensure long-term sustainability. rough nature-based solutions, the build- ing performs vital functions to the micro-climate and surrounding city. An urban community plaza and vegetated green roof support local plant spe- cies, mitigate water runoff, and minimize the "heat island" effect. ese spaces offer access to the out- doors and a calming space for patients and care team members, which is often inaccessible to those in hospitals. Built on the site of a former parking garage, the Malone Family Tower re-establishes a lost connection with the city. e Malone Family Tower improves the local economy by creating roughly 300 new jobs within the Portland area, reinforcing the project as a cornerstone of a resilient, thriving economic neighborhood. CLIENT: MaineHealth GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Turner Construction ARCHITECTURAL TEAM: Perkins&Will ENGINEERING TEAM: AKF Engineering, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, Sebago Technics, Acentech Inc. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT STAFF: Colliers Malone Family Tower PORTLAND P H O T O S / C O U R T E S Y O F A N T O N G R A S S L MEREDA 2024 NOTABLE PROJECTS