Banks of windows usher sunlight into this building to aid in the treatment of children with depression, mood disorders and other mental health needs.
That’s just one way that the new home for VCU Health’s Virginia Treatment Center for Children is seeking to improve service to its young patients.
The new $56 million center, located at 1308 Sherwood Ave. in North Side, is to open early next year. It sits on 4.5 acres across the street from the Children’s Hospital of Richmond.
The center includes 32 in-patient beds, 20 outpatient consulting rooms, a gym, space for music and play therapy, classrooms and a garden and other green space.
VTCC expects to dramatically increase the number of children served from the current 7,000 seen yearly on an outpatient basis and the 1,000 who are served as patients. The new building will replace the center at 515 N. 10th St. Once emptied, the old building near City Hall will be replaced by VCU Health with a $384 million, multistory adult medical outpatient center and parking deck that is projected to open in 2020.
