SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Construction is set to begin this month on a $318 million project that will transform Arkansas Children’s hospital campuses in Little Rock and Springdale.
The first phase of the Little Rock segment of the project is expected to be completed in the May or June of 2026, President and CEO Marcy Doderer told Arkansas Business in a conference room on the Little Rock campus. Construction to expand Arkansas Children’s Northwest is scheduled to begin in the summer and also should be completed in the summer of 2026.
The construction can’t come soon enough for Arkansas Children’s.
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