Arkansas Children's Hospital provided this photo of the site of its planned $100 million hospital in Springdale. The site, donated by the George family, is near Arvest Ballpark, the home field for the Northwest Arkansas Naturals
J.B. Hunt Transport Services of Lowell announced Thursday that it’s donating $5 million the Arkansas Children’s Hospital’s northwest Arkansas hospital, now under construction in Springdale, marking the second multimillion-dollar gift the hospital has received this month.
“For more than 50 years, J.B. Hunt has believed in the importance of reinvesting in communities,” John Roberts, president and CEO of J.B. Hunt, said in a news release. “The construction of a children’s hospital in this community is a historic and necessary next step for the advancement of pediatric health care in the region.”
The $167 million, 233,613-SF hospital is expected to open in January 2018. The hospital will have 24 inpatient beds, an emergency department with five operating rooms and a helipad with refueling station. The hospital campus will also include walking trails and gardens. The operating cost over the first five years will be around $261 million.
“The significance of this gift is profound … it underscores three decades of history J.B. Hunt has with Arkansas Children’s Hospital as well as its tireless commitment to ensuring northwest Arkansas continues to be one of our nation’s most flourishing communities,” Marcy Doderer, president and CEO of Arkansas Children’s Hospital, in a news release.
On May 9, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and the Walmart Foundation announced an $8 million donation to Arkansas Children’s Northwest.
The architect on the hospital project is Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects of Little Rock and FKP Architects of Houston. The general contractor is Nabholz Construction Corp. of Conway.
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