$130 million investment will expand inpatient and critical care services with 90 additional beds
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 30, 2026 – Atrium Health, part of Advocate Health, recently reached a major milestone in the expansion of Atrium Health Cabarrus and celebrated a topping out ceremony by placing the final steel beam in the new state-of-the-art patient care tower that will help the hospital meet increasing demand for care across Cabarrus County and the surrounding region. The expansion is expected to be completed in early 2028.
The $130 million project will add three stories and more than 89,000 square feet to the existing heart and vascular tower, adding 90 inpatient beds, including 30 intensive care unit beds. The expansion will further support Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, ranked No. 1 in North Carolina for Cardiology, Heart & Vascular Surgery by U.S. News & World Report, and help meet growing demand for nationally recognized cardiovascular care across the region.
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"Cabarrus County continues to experience tremendous growth, and Atrium Health is committed to ensuring our communities have access to nationally recognized care close to home," said Asha Rodriguez, president of Atrium Health Cabarrus. "Every day, patients and families across our region trust us with some of their most complex healthcare needs. This expansion will help us meet growing demand for inpatient services, enhance access to specialized care and support the health of our community for years to come."
The expansion at Atrium Health Cabarrus is the latest example of Atrium Health’s longstanding commitment to investing in the health and well-being of the communities it serves. Earlier this year, Atrium Health opened a freestanding emergency department in Concord, which includes 10 rooms and a trauma room and is equipped with advanced medical technologies to support faster diagnosis and treatment.
Most recently, Atrium Health announced a $340 million investment in behavioral healthcare, including a new behavioral health hospital location in the University City area of Charlotte, reinforcing Atrium Health’s commitment to meeting the evolving healthcare needs of a rapidly growing region. Together, these efforts reflect Atrium Health’s ongoing focus on growing facilities, enhancing services and expanding access to care for the communities it serves.
The topping out ceremony is typically celebrated by leaders, construction crews and employees signing the final, highest structural beam on a building and putting it in place, marking the completion of the main framework.
About Atrium Health
Atrium Health is advancing clinical care and research across the communities it serves by redefining care for all. Locations include Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, which includes Levine Children’s Hospital, Levine Cancer Institute and Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, which includes Brenner Children’s Hospital and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center. Together, these academic medical centers support a statewide network of 19 hospitals and more than 1,060 care locations serving communities across North Carolina. Atrium Health is also the only health system in North Carolina to receive the American Medical Association’s Joy in Medicine™ Gold Level Recognition, reflecting its commitment to supporting clinicians and advancing exceptional patient care.
It is part of Charlotte, North Carolina-based Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States. Advocate Health is a preeminent academic health system at the forefront of clinical excellence, innovation and research, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as its academic core. Nationally recognized for expertise in heart and vascular, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, Advocate Health is also a pioneer in the delivery of virtual healthcare. It is accelerating discovery by making research participation part of the standard of care through its one-of-a-kind National Center for Clinical Trials.
Advocate Health has one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs, with an experiential learning focus and specialized residencies to help protect the long-term sustainability of rural healthcare in America. Each campus of the school of medicine has an affiliated life-sciences-focused innovation district: The Pearl in Charlotte and Innovation Quarter in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. With more than 165,000 teammates serving patients at 69 hospitals and more than 1,000 care locations across eight states, Advocate Health reinvests more than $6 billion each year to improve community health, making it one of the nation’s largest providers of community benefit. In North Carolina, Atrium Health invested $2.38 billion in community benefit in 2025 and is the largest provider of care for Medicaid, uninsured and underserved patients.
