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Nashville hospital campus to add pediatric ICU, new children’s entrance in $90 million project
TriStar Centennial has begun a $90 million renovation of its children’s and women’s hospitals, with construction expected to continue through 2028. Plans include a pediatric intensive care unit, expanded emergency and imaging services, and a new entrance for children’s care on Patterson Street.
TriStar Centennial Medical Center has started a $90 million project to renovate its children’s and women’s hospitals in Nashville, a major overhaul expected to run through 2028.
The work, which began in October, will add a separate entrance for TriStar Centennial Children’s Hospital facing Patterson Street. Children currently enter through the women’s hospital on Murphy Avenue and travel through the building to reach pediatric services.
Plans also call for a pediatric intensive care unit near the children’s emergency department. Children receiving intensive care are currently treated at the main hospital, while some patients staying in regular rooms must be transported there for imaging. The renovation will add imaging equipment, including a CT suite, and enlarge operating rooms and treatment areas.
The hospital’s 60-bed neonatal intensive care unit will be modernized, and pediatric treatment rooms will nearly double, according to medical center CEO Tom Ozburn. The project is the largest investment in the two facilities in more than 40 years. Ozburn said the goal is to have both hospitals substantially renewed inside and out by the end of construction.
The women’s hospital plans include larger birthing suites and a playroom on its surgical floor. The facility delivered 2,806 babies in 2025. Its obstetrics emergency department was updated in a separate $16 million project completed 14 months ago, Ozburn said.
TriStar Centennial Children’s and Women’s hospitals share a building on the medical center’s 43-acre campus near Centennial Park. The campus also includes the main medical center. The children’s hospital began its pediatric program in 2012, after the facility was rebranded as a women’s hospital in 2005.
The medical center has recruited physicians over the past year in pediatric specialties including cardiology, emergency medicine, gastroenterology, neurosurgery and oncology. Ozburn said the expansion is intended to meet anticipated population and business growth in Nashville and Middle Tennessee.
The project follows a broader push to make the facilities more welcoming to patients and families. The medical center is also introducing a “We Deliver Love” campaign, which includes a lamb mascot and stuffed animal for families after a baby is born.