Construction on the UI Children’s Hospital is slated to begin in October, according to a UI presentation to be given to the regents at their meeting next week.

The presentation outlines long-term plans for the facility, including two new towers that will one day house patient rooms and expanded parking ramps. The presentation includes the changes in the facility’s initial site on the north side of the hospital, which has since been changed to the west side of the medical facilities.

Plans for the new facility remain in the design stage, which, once completed, will be brought back to the regents for approval.

The new Children’s Hospital is expected to open between 2015-2016.

— by Alison Sullivan