AdventHealth Breaks Ground on Louisville Hospital

October 14, 2026
For Immediate Release

Contact: Chloe Dean, AdventHealth Communications Manager
Chloe.Dean@AdventHealth.com / 720-635-2450

LOUISVILLE, Colo. — October 14, 2026 — This morning, AdventHealth broke ground on a new hospital in Louisville, marking the next chapter in the organization’s more than 130-year commitment to caring for the Boulder County community.

AdventHealth Louisville will build on AdventHealth Avista’s longstanding legacy of care while expanding access to whole-person care for patients and families throughout Louisville and the surrounding communities.

“As our community continues to grow, we are honored to invest in a new hospital that will make high-quality, whole-person care more accessible to more people,” said Brett Spenst, senior executive officer for AdventHealth Rocky Mountain Region. “AdventHealth Louisville will carry forward the legacy of compassionate care.”

AdventHealth Louisville

AdventHealth will build the new hospital within the Redtail Ridge development at the intersection of U.S. 36 and Northwest Parkway in Louisville. The 40-acre site offers improved access near a major highway interchange and provides space to meet the community’s long-term healthcare needs.

AdventHealth Louisville is expected to open in the first quarter of 2029.
“We are thrilled to continue serving Louisville and the surrounding communities,” said Lief Sorensen, CEO of AdventHealth Avista. “This investment reflects our commitment to the people who call this area home and will create a welcoming environment where patients and families can receive exceptional care with greater convenience and peace of mind.”

The new campus will include a 375,000-square-foot hospital. The hospital is planned to include up to 150 beds with flexibility to expand as community needs evolve.

The new location will significantly expand access to emergency care. Currently, approximately 80,000 people have to travel 17 minutes to reach an emergency department. The new location will shorten the drive to emergency care for more than 400,000 people, bringing care closer to home for a significantly larger portion of the surrounding community.

The design also incorporates important lessons learned from the Marshall Fire, including improved campus accessibility and multiple points of entry to support patient, visitor and team member safety.

In partnership with the City of Louisville, AdventHealth has dedicated 7.5 acres of the existing Avista campus as protected open space. The commitment reinforces AdventHealth’s long-standing focus on environmental stewardship and collaboration with the Louisville community.

AdventHealth is assessing the future use of the existing Avista campus, with outpatient services expected to remain part of the site’s near-term plan.

A Legacy of Care
AdventHealth’s history in the area began more than 130 years ago with the Boulder Sanitarium, established in 1893. Inspired by the healing benefits of Colorado’s mountain environment, the sanitarium embraced a holistic approach to care focused on nutrition, exercise, hydrotherapy and compassion.

That legacy continued through Boulder Memorial Hospital, the opening of Avista Adventist Hospital in 1990 and the transition to AdventHealth Avista in 2023.

AdventHealth Louisville will honor that history while creating a new setting where whole-person care and innovation can continue to serve the community for generations to come.

AdventHealth is partnering with ADAMS, SmithGroup, WSP, Kimley-Horn and Turner FH Joint Venture to bring the Louisville hospital campus to life.

About AdventHealth
With a sacred mission of Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ, AdventHealth is a not-for-profit healthcare system providing whole-person care at hundreds of care sites and more than 50 hospitals across nine states. For more than 100 years, AdventHealth Avista, AdventHealth Castle Rock, AdventHealth Littleton, AdventHealth Parker and AdventHealth Porter have served the Rocky Mountain Region’s healthcare needs. AdventHealth also offers primary and specialty care sites, emergency rooms, urgent care locations, hospice and more across the Front Range.

For more information, visit AdventHealth.com/Colorado