UW Gonzaga Med School and Education Center Tops Off

The final structural beam was placed atop the new 90,000-square-foot building under construction at 840 E. Spokane Falls Blvd. The building will become the new home for the University of Washington School of Medicine-Gonzaga University Health Partnership’s medical and education center.

The four-story building will also house the UW School of Medicine Spokane and Gonzaga’s Department of Human Physiology as well as undergraduate courses in nursing and health sciences. It will feature classrooms, an anatomy suite, labs and offices to be utilized by medical/undergraduate students, faculty and staff. Construction is on schedule for completion in July 2022.

Located adjacent to McKinstry’s historic SIERR Building with a combined 145,000 square feet, the goal is to attract private-sector medical and health research to join the UW and GU academic programs. The universities have signed long-term leases to occupy a combined nearly 60,000 square feet. The top floor is available for lease by public- and private-sector tenants.

“We think in terms of building places that matter,” said Bill Bouten, president of Bouten Construction Company, general contractor. “When you think of the impact that this facility will have with medical education and the preparation of these students to go out and serve our community with a focus on rural health, it has purpose and meaning.”