Henry Ford Health, Tom Gores & Detroit Pistons, Michigan State University Announce Plans for Multibillion Dollar Development in Detroit’s New Center

A community development sponsored by Henry Ford Health, Tom Gores and the Detroit Pistons, and Michigan State University intends to invest $2.5 billion over the next decade to turn Detroit’s New Center neighborhood into a vibrant, walkable community with residential, commercial, retail, recreational and healthcare components.

The development will be anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford Health academic healthcare campus, the highlight of which is a major expansion of Henry Ford Hospital including a brand new 1-million-square-foot plus facility and patient tower. It also includes a new medical research facility for Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University Health Sciences.

The partners plan to bring connectivity between Henry Ford’s hospital footprint north and south of West Grand Boulevard and transform the section of New Center, which houses the headquarters for both Henry Ford Health and the Detroit Pistons into a walkable, connected community infused with innovative mixed-income living spaces, retail and dining options and green space.

An expanded, revitalized Henry Ford Hospital with advanced technology, modernized infrastructure and revolutionized care and healing environments is critical to ensuring the health system will be able to serve a growing number of patients.

With plans to operate on both sides of West Grand Boulevard, the new structure and patient tower will be located on the south side, across the street from the legacy hospital. It will have all private patient rooms with dedicated spaces for care teams, families and visitors; technology upgrades to help teams provide seamless care; along with focused comfort and convenience for patients and families during their stay.

Many higher acuity services will transfer to the new building, including an expanded emergency department with universal rooms and specialized space for trauma and behavioral healthcare; acute and intensive care units, technically advanced operating suites, cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology labs, diagnostic and interventional radiology and other interventional procedures space.

In addition to the new building, Henry Ford Health plans to integrate and connect its Detroit facilities through a series of tunnels, bridges and walkways to ensure seamless travel, as well as infuse inviting green space.

A groundbreaking is planned for 2024; the joint research facility previously announced by Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University Health Sciences will be constructed south of the new hospital facility – along Third Street, across from the Henry Ford Detroit Pistons Performance Center and Henry Ford’s One Ford Place administrative building.