Allina building new $29M medical lab in Mpls.

Allina Medical Laboratories celebrated construction of the new central lab with a demolition ceremony in late February. Mark Arnesen, MD, pathologist, Hospital Pathology Associates, breaks the ceremonial wall.

[Twin Cities Business, April 19, 2011] Allina Hospitals & Clinics has started work on a project that has been on its radar for about 10 years—a consolidated central medical laboratory.

Construction began in March on the new $29 million lab for Allina Medical Laboratories, which will house 400 employees who are currently spread out among 12 labs located in five different buildings on the Abbott Northwestern Hospital campus. Read more at tcbmag.com.

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Posted on April 19, 2011 in Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Allina Health Laboratory, Allina Health System, Finance and Commerce, Magazines, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, newspapers, Star Tribune, Twin Cities Business Magazine