FORT COLLINS — Banner Health's planned hospital in southeast Fort Collins will have as many as 192 beds.

The development plans for the parcel near Harmony Road and Lady Moon Drive were submitted this week, a big step forward in the process of building Fort Collins' newest hospital.

The ultimate project is a 294,000-square-foot, 192-bed hospital and a 30,000-square-foot, 12-physician specialty outpatient Health Center, Banner said in documents filed with the city.

Another 40,000-square-foot outpatient building will allow for future growth and "support the hospital with additional physician services that will compliment this campus," the Arizona-based company said in the filings.

Also planned is a heliport, an 800-foot-by-80-foot concrete pad where helicopters will be allowed to land for only a limited time to pick up and drop off patients.

"With incremental growth that is flexible, this facility will be able to keep up with emerging healthcare trends and remain a state-of-the-art facility for years to come," the paperwork said.

Approximately 130 Banner Health staff members will be employed at the hospital during Phase 1.
At build-out, approximately 714 people will