Le Bonheur Children’s is building for the more than 130,000 children who come to the hospital each year for care.  The hospital has outgrown its facilities and must grow to accommodate all the services children of the region need.

Thanks to a generous community, Le Bonheur broke ground on the new hospital in February 2008 and the new Le Bonheur Children’s will open in the summer of 2010. The $340-million, 610,000-square-foot hospital will double Le Bonheur’s current space for patient care, research and teaching. The new hospital is designed to serve the children of our area for the next 50 years and beyond. Everything from interior design to state-of-the-art technology is focused on one thing - providing exceptional care for children. 

At a cost of $340 million, Le Bonheur Children's must raise a significant portion of funds from the community.  A major fund-raising campaign goal was set at $100 million.  The hospital and its supporters have raised more than $97.5 million to fund the new facility.  

Le Bonheur will complete the facility addition in summer 2010.  Renovation of the current facility and addition of a parking garage will be complete in 2011.

The New Le Bonheur construction site is a busy place.  

Skanska USA's Cathy Mauk and Le Bonheur's Katherine Whitfield will take you on a guided tour of the site in the video below.