3. Notice of Scoping for Medical Arts Research Building

Municipality where proposed project might be located: Farmington, CT

Address of Possible Project Location: UConn Health Center, 263 Farmington Ave.

Project Description: 

The University of Connecticut Health Center (UCHC) plans to construct a Medical Arts and Research Building (MARB) at the UCHC Farmington Campus.  The MARB will be approximately 100,000 square feet and will house an ambulatory surgery center on the first floor. The Connecticut Office of Health Care Access has authorized the establishment of the ambulatory surgery center.  The ambulatory surgery center will include up to five (5) operating rooms, space for pre- and post-anesthesia care, and administrative offices and will be leased to the Farmington Surgery Center, LLC. 

The upper floors will be utilized for the Musculoskeletal Institute, which will include research and clinical offices, radiology and physical rehab space to centralize and expand UCHC programs in orthopedics and related fields.  The proposed project location is on a currently unoccupied portion of the UHC Campus adjacent to the Administrative Services Building. The building will tie into existing campus utilities and will include parking area construction.  Depending on site design, relocation of the existing helipad may be required as part of the proposed project.

Project Map: Click here to view an area map.

Click here to view a map of the UCHC campus area.

Written comments from the public are welcomed and will be accepted until the close of business on:  February 21, 2003 at 4:00 pm

There will be a Public Scoping Meeting for this project on:

Written comments should be sent to:

If you have questions about the public meeting, or other questions about the scoping for this project, contact Tom Trutter as noted above.

The agency expects to release an Environmental Impact Evaluation for this project, for public review and comment, in late spring 2003.