WHITE PLAINS, NY—Construction Manager Suffolk Construction held a “topping off” ceremony on May 7 for White Plains Hospital’s $750-million expansion project, which broke ground just over a year ago, on May 5, 2025. 

Joining Suffolk National President Ralph Esposito and White Plains Hospital President & CEO Susan Fox were hundreds of construction trade workers employed on the project. Other officials included the hospital’s senior leadership, its Board Advisory team and campus transformation and project management teams.

Scheduled to open in 2028, the new White Plains Hospital expansion will feature 240 private rooms, a new emergency department that will double the current facility and additional state-of-the-art operating rooms. 

The project, which will cost an estimated $750 million, will be financed through a combination of a $500 million Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY) bond, philanthropy and equity from operating expenses.

The hundreds of building trade members employed on the project are engaged under a project labor agreement (PLA) with the contractor and owner, said Jeff Loughlin, president of the Building & Construction Trades Council of Westchester & Putnam Counties, Inc.