New Hubbard Center for Children to Improve Pediatric Health Care in Omaha and Beyond

Children’s Hospital & Medical Center (ChangingLives.ChildrensOmaha.org) is building a 10-floor, 500,000-square-foot clinical facility at 84th & Dodge Streets to accommodate growing demand for its services and improve pediatric care for patients and families. At a private ceremony on Dec. 8, Children’s shared project details, broke ground on the new structure and announced its name: the Hubbard Center for Children. It is named in honor of the late Dr. Theodore F. and Claire M. Hubbard, longtime Omaha residents and philanthropists.

The cutting-edge Hubbard Center for Children will be home to many of Children’s critical pediatric programs and services. Connected physically and integrated architecturally, the Hubbard Center for Children will stand between the hospital and Specialty Pediatric Center. More than 70 new inpatient beds are planned for the Center, with space for additional beds as needed. An attached parking garage will offer 1,000 stalls. The project also involves renovating more than 100,000-square-feet in the current hospital. HDR is providing architecture and engineering services for the project; the Kiewit Building Group will serve as construction manager. Construction is expected to be completed in early 2021. The estimated cost of the new facility is $450 million.

With the Hubbard Center for Children, more robust programs and services will be possible, including enhancements to programs of national prominence like Osteogenesis Imperfecta, which draws patients from across the country and around the world. Planned areas of growth include: Colorectal Center, Neuro-Oncology, Neurosurgery, Fetal Surgery, Expanded Pain Management, Transitional Care, Behavioral Health Medical Stabilization, Larger Pharmacy, Enhanced Radiology & Pathology Services.

The five-year, $50 million “Changing Lives Together” capital campaign will help support the critically-important Hubbard Center for Children and fuel amplified research efforts. Children’s is grateful to the Theodore F. and Claire M. Hubbard Family Foundation for a generous lead gift. In addition to naming the building, the foundation also has pledged support to key areas within the facility, including the new Theodore F. Hubbard, M.D., Cardiac Care Center and the Claire M. Hubbard Healing Garden Solarium. Ted Hubbard Jr. and his wife Colleen have funded the new Rooftop Garden.

To learn more about the Hubbard Center for Children, the Changing Lives Together capital campaign and other naming and sponsorship opportunities, please visit ChangingLives.ChildrensOmaha.org.