Smart City hospital to rise seven storeys

A planning application has been presented for the construction of St John Paul II Hospital in Smart City, which is being proposed over seven floors, a semi-basement floor and one floor of underlying parking garages.

The new 200-bed state-of-the-art private hospital, to be built near the entrance of Smart City in Xgħajra within existing development zones, was announced last March.

The planning application was submitted by SmartCity Malta CEO Anthony P. Tabone.

Plans presented to MEPA show that extensive use of solar energy will be made. These include a massive solar panel canopy over a large part of the building.

The project is estimated to consume 5 million kWh of energy annually, the equivalent of the average amount of energy consumed by 1,000 people in a year.

The hospital building itself will include a large canopy of solar panels covering a substantial part of the building.

The hospital will include various landscaped areas over a massive 16,604 square meter footprint, which will include a restaurant, a running track, an outdoor gym, a turfed soccer ground.

According to information divulged in March the new investment company with Maltese and Italian interests will invest €100 million in the project, which will include a strategic partnership with Johnsons and Johnsons, one of the largest worldwide companies in the health sector. The new hospital will specialise in the field of orthopaedic with surgical and outpatient activity and is set to employ 500 people.