Brookhaven Clears Path For Children's Healthcare Campus

BROOKHAVEN, GA — A massive new campus for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta along Interstate 85 in DeKalb County has come a big step closer to reality, with Brookhaven City Council taking steps to clear the way for the project.

Tuesday night, the council voted to annex about 18 acres near the I-85 and North Druid Hills Road interchange into the city. That property is slated to be part of 80 acres Children's Healthcare plans to develop for the new, $1 billion campus.

The Brookhaven council also approved an agreement the city's development authority made with CHOA that includes more than $45 million in investments from the healthcare company for things like I-85 underpass improvements, sewer line upgrades, bike and walking paths and city permits and fees.

Announced last month, the new North Druid Hills Campus will replace Children's Healthcare's current home near Emory University. It will include a 446-bed hospital, an advanced pediatrics center and other support buildings, along with more than 20 acres of greenspace that will include miles of walking trails and paths.

The campus will be at the intersection of I-85 and North Druid Hills Road and replace a bunch of 50-year-old, one-story buildings, the hospital says.

The project is slated to be complete by 2026.

The patient beds will be in two towers, with an attached medical office building and a consolidated cancer and blood disorders center. Additional structures planned include a central energy plant that will allow for efficient and sustainable energy on site and parking decks.

Construction on the campus likely will begin in 2020. Additional information, site plans and renderings can be found at a website devoted to the project.

Image courtesy Children's Healthcare of Atlanta