Contract Secured for First Fully Electric Hospital in Victoria, Australia

The Exemplar Health consortium has achieved contract and financial close on the Melton Hospital Project in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia).

The Exemplar Health consortium comprises:

• Invesis Coöperatie U.A as Royal BAM’s investor and developer
• Capella Capital as sponsor, investor and asset manager
• Lendlease as design and construction partner
• Honeywell and Compass Group Healthcare as facilities services providers

The new Melton Hospital will be Victoria’s first fully electric hospital and will be designed to ensure it can service the growing outer-west communities of Caroline Springs, Rockbank, Melton, Bacchus Marsh and Gisborne. It will feature 24-hour emergency care, at least 274 beds, an intensive care unit, maternity and neonatal services, mental health services, radiology services, outpatient care and teaching, training and research spaces.

The project will create more than 2,400 jobs during construction and will be home to more than 3,975 direct jobs onsite once open. After completion, the hospital will have the capacity to treat 130,000 patients each year. Construction commenced in November, with the opening planned for mid-2029 followed by a 25-year operations period.