Coxwell Entrance Closure

As of March 21, 2025, MGH’s main entrance on Coxwell Avenue is closed as the next phase of our redevelopment project begins. Patients and visitors can use the new temporary main entrance on Sammon Avenue between Coxwell Avenue and Knight Street. View our campus map.

Redevelopment: Project Timeline

 

Summer 2018

  • Existing electrical infrastructure upgrades begin
  • Public parking relocated to lot on Sammon Avenue west of Coxwell Avenue
  • Contractor trailer office complex installed
  • Temporary emergency exits for H and F wings created
  • Construction plywood fencing erected around construction site

Fall 2018

  • Site services including water and sanitary relocated
  • F podium demolished
  • Admitting driveway off of Sammon Avenue permanently closed
  • Shoring and excavation begins

Winter 2018/2019

  • Oxygen tank farm off of Sammon Avenue removed and new oxygen concentrator installed, allowing the hospital to generate its own oxygen supply
  • E wing demolished

Summer 2019

  • Shoring and excavation complete
  • Two cranes installed onsite
  • Construction of the Ken and Marilyn Thomson Patient Care Centre (Thomson Centre) and three storey podium structures begins 

2020

  • Interior finishes for the Thomson Centre and three storey podium begins
  • Construction of exterior building envelope/facade begins
  • Two cranes removed from site

2021

  • Exterior building envelope/facade complete

SPRING/SUMMER 2022

  • Interior finishes for the Thomson Centre and three storey podium complete
  • Training and orientation begins in preparation for the move into the new Thomson Centre and three storey podium

LATE 2022/EARLY 2023

  • The Thomson Centre and three storey podium completed
  • Patients and staff move into the Thomson Centre and three storey podium

2023

  • Interior renovations begin in areas including: maternal newborn and child clinics, food and retail services, diagnostic imaging and child and youth outpatient mental health programs
  • A,B,C, F wings & D podium prepared for demolition
  • D podium demolished

2024

  • Completion of renovated spaces for maternal newborn and child clinics, food and retail services and diagnostic programs
  • Renovation of D-Wing, including the exterior facade

2025

  • A, B and C-Wing demolition begins
  • D-Wing renovations complete

 

2026

  • All demolition work is complete
  • Landscaping is complete
  • Entire project is complete!

*Please note that the timeline above is subject to change and will be updated as the project continues.

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