The Memorial expansion will break ground on Sept. 16 and is scheduled for completion by summer of 2018, while the children’s hospital is set to open in the fall or winter of 2018, according to a statement.

“The work beginning in September [for Memorial] will include parking lot changes to allow continued operation during construction of Memorial’s 100-acre north campus northeast of Union Boulevard and Briargate Parkway that includes an existing 88-bed hospital and adjacent medical office building,” said Vogrin in a statement.

Memorial’s $85 million, 130,000-square-foot addition will include 20 inpatient beds, eight exam rooms in the emergency department and two operating rooms, and will primarily house women’s and oncology services, according to a statement.

In addition, Children’s Hospital Colorado announced in June that it had expanded the size of the $110 million Colorado Springs hospital to 280,000 square feet from 170,000 square feet. The expanded pediatric hospital will include 98 patient rooms, 21 emergency room beds, up to eight operating rooms, a sleep study lab, and 10 to 12 beds and exam rooms for inpatient and outpatient cancer treatment, according to Greg Raymond, Children’s regional vice president for Southern Colorado.

“Our team has spent their careers focused on developing expertise in pediatrics. We want a facility that matches that and positions our team members to function at the top of their skills,” Raymond said in a statement.