More than $1 billion in redevelopment planned in the next decade on the sprawling campus is now beginning to take shape, with construction of a new, 1,700-space parking garage for the public and employees set to break ground this week. The Hartford Hospital vision is ambitious, also including a new, in-patient tower, an expanded cancer treatment center, and the renovation of historic properties for community-based clinical services. Four years ago, the hospital had planned to tear down the Hall-Wilson Laboratory building on Retreat Avenue and replace it with a new structure. Instead of a new building, the equipment has been installed inside Hall-Wilson. So passersby on the street will still see the building as it has appeared for a century — 1921 engraved on the cornerstone. But step inside, and it is pure, modern technology. The restoration of the exterior of Hall-Wilson alone cost $1.5 million, Grant said. The future of the historic structures on the hospital campus is intertwined with its massive redevelopment plans.

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