Inova Receives Virginia Approval for New Hospital in Franconia-Springfield
Falls Church, VA – Inova Health System is pleased to announce the Virginia Department of Health has approved its Certificate of Public Need (COPN) application to build a new hospital in the Franconia community of Southern Fairfax County. Last year, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors provided unanimous approval for Inova’s land-use applications in support of the new hospital.
The new hospital will be built on land adjacent to Inova’s existing Franconia-Springfield HealthPlex and within walking distance of the Franconia-Springfield Metro and Virginia Railway Express stations.
“We are excited to have the opportunity to bring inpatient care to the community we have served for many years,” said J. Stephen Jones, MD, FACS, President and CEO of Inova. “We extend our appreciation to the Commonwealth, Fairfax County, and our many community partners for helping Inova to continue to serve our neighbors with a broader array of Inova care close to home.”
“I am delighted by this latest step to advance the Inova Franconia-Springfield Hospital,” said Supervisor Rodney L. Lusk, who represents the Franconia District on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. “Inova has been our community’s trusted health partner at this location for many years, and this expansion of that collaboration will improve the health and economic vitality of our community for generations to come.”
This hospital will serve as one of two replacement hospitals for the current Inova Alexandria Hospital on Seminary Road. The other location will be at the WestEnd Town Center (formerly Landmark Mall) in the City of Alexandria.
The initial phase of the Franconia-Springfield project will include a state-of-the-art inpatient facility with 110 beds spread across two patient towers. The hospital will include private rooms, an expanded emergency room, diagnostic imaging, and multiple procedural rooms. An adjacent building will offer a variety of outpatient services, including ambulatory surgery, physician offices, and procedural rooms.
The existing HealthPlex will be linked to the hospital through new internal road and walkway connections. The emergency room currently located at the HealthPlex will be expanded and relocated into the hospital, allowing patients ready access to inpatient care when needed.
Patients will continue to have access to the Emergency Room, physical therapy, physician offices, and other clinical operations at the Franconia-Springfield HealthPlex leading up to and during construction of the new buildings.
The planning and design phase is underway, with construction slated to begin in 2024 and anticipated completion in 2028.
Inova has made several commitments to environmental sustainability on the site, including LEED Silver certification. The completed campus will include nearly 2 acres of urban park space with walking trails and benches available for public use. In maintaining 30 percent open space on the property, Inova has designed the campus to maximize preservation of mature trees along the north side of the property and near the intersection of the Franconia-Springfield Parkway and Beulah Street.
For more information on this new hospital and other projects in Inova’s Eastern Region, visit inova.org/easternregion.
Media Contact: Tracy Connell, tracy.connell@inova.org, 703-289-2087
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Inova is Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Our mission is to provide world-class healthcare – every time, every touch – to each person in every community we have the privilege to serve. Inova’s 20,000 team members care for patients through more than 2 million visits annually across an integrated network of hospitals, primary and specialty care practices, emergency and urgent care centers, outpatient services and destination institutes.
Inova’s five hospitals are consistently recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals and Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades for excellence in healthcare. Inova is home to Northern Virginia’s only Level 1 Trauma Center and Level 4 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Its hospitals have a total of 1,936 licensed beds. More information and statistics about Inova can be found at www.inova.org.
Would like to be involved in the community of the new Walker Lane/ Springfield Franconia as local support of the area people that will use the hospital
KUDOS FOR THE NEW INOVA HOSPITAL IN FRANCONIA, VA. WE ARE SO BLESSSED TO HAVE INOVA HOSPITALS SERVING NORTHERN VIRGINIA. MY WIFE’S NIECE, RACHEL, IS A NURSE AT INOVA HOSPITAL IN FAIRFAX, VA. AS A PEDIATRIC NURSE. SINCE MY WIFE, JANE, PASSED, I RESIDE BETWEEN BURKE, VA. AND MT. PLEASANT, SC. WITH MY SONS, MIKE AND PAT. MY BEST.