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OU’s medical campus to expand

OKLAHOMA CITY

A master plan for the Oklahoma Health Center in Oklahoma City indicates the University of Oklahoma plans to expand one of the state’s largest medical campuses.

If expansion goes according to the plan, there could be as much as $1.48 billion dollars in construction on the campus during the next 15 years.

“If you look at every one of the major cities in America, every one of them has a vibrant medical teaching center complex,” said Dewayne Andrews, the University of Oklahoma’s executive dean of the College of Medicine and vice president for health affairs. “I believe we have an opportunity to become one of the nation’s best.”

The campus now includes the OU Health Sciences Center, OU Medical Center and the Presbyterian Health Foundation Research Park. OU officials anticipate that 4.75 million square feet of space will be added to the park during the next 15 years.

Oklahoma Health Center Foundation executive director Hershel Lamirand said that although some property will need to be acquired in the area near NE 13th St. and Lincoln Blvd., no residential properties should be affected by the expansion.

The plan notes that where possible, empty areas could be filled and older campus structures could be replaced with higher density buildings.

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