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The year 2025 marked a historic milestone for UC Davis Health, with the opening of 1 million square feet of new development — the most ever completed in a single year. In 2026, construction continues across the Sacramento campus, as does our work toward Vision 2030.

UC Davis Health marked a major milestone Feb. 6 as the California Tower officially topped out, signaling its structural completion.

The cancer center has unveiled its new Radixact linear accelerator, enhancing radiation therapy to improve outcomes for cancer patients.

The CUPx will provide the capacity, reliability and clean-energy foundation essential to sustain the California Tower.

In an effort to improve seismic safety at UC Davis Health, the historic building is entering its final chapter.

UC Davis Health has unveiled its new Folsom facility, which offers primary and specialty care and new services, including infusion, MRI and bone density scans.

The 48X Complex is a state-of-the-art outpatient surgery center that addresses the growing demand for same-day or overnight surgical services.

This unparalleled construction program will create hundreds more jobs, modernize and replace aging facilities, attract new research partners, and allow us to better meet our patients' needs in the future.

At UC Davis Health, the governing approval to move facility projects forward is shared between three entities: the Fire Marshal’s Office, FP&D’s Building Department and the California Department of Health Care Access and Information. 

The UC Board of Regents has approved the Central Utility Plant Expansion (CUPx) project, a critical initiative to support the growth of the UC Davis Health campus and advance efforts to reduce fossil fuel use.

UC Davis Children’s Hospital is proud to announce the opening of its Panda Cares Center of Hope, made possible by Panda Express associates and guests.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held for the California Tower, a hospital expansion to meet the region’s health care needs for the next 50 years.

As a new year dawns, construction continues across UC Davis Health, and so does our staff’s cumulative work on Vision 2030.

UC Davis Health celebrated a construction milestone for the 48X Complex, a four-story building that will feature one of the largest outpatient surgery centers in the country.