New RCH Site
In 2005, the Victorian State Government announced plans to build a brand new 334-bed home for RCH adjacent to the current site.
The winning bid of the redevelopment is led by Babcock & Brown with architects Billard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart Architects. HKS Inc. Architects of Dallas, Texas provided Pediatric Design and Planning Services and consulting engineers Norman Disney & Young. Work commenced on the site in late 2007, and was complete in late 2011, opened by the Queen on her Royal Tour. The current hospital will be demolished by 2014 after the transition to the new facility. Patients were moved into the new hospital in November 2011. After the move, much of the old site will be turned into a park, creating a new gateway to Royal Park.
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