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New OSU Hospital tower opening this weekend

By Columbus Underground  
   February 20, 2026

After more than five years of construction, University Hospital is ready to open for patients on Sunday, February 22. The 1.9-million-square-foot, 820-room hospital is the latest addition to the sprawling campus of the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Built directly next door to the 21-story James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute (which was completed in 2014), the two buildings are completely integrated – connected on each floor, so that they essentially function as one large building. Other buildings on the campus – and some of the roads connecting them – are getting name changes as the new building opens.

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