Bendigo Hospital Project

The Bendigo Hospital Project is designed, built, maintained and operated by Exemplar Health, a consortium comprising Capella Capital as the sponsor and financial adviser, partnered with Lendlease, Downer, Siemens and Aware Super for delivery. 

Made possible through a Victorian Government investment of $630 million, in 2017 the new Bendigo Hospital was the largest regional hospital development in Victoria’s history and one of the largest hospital projects across Australia. The new hospital is more than double the size of the previous facility to meet the urgent needs of the regional community’s growing and aging population now and into the future. 

The provision of service in the old Bendigo Base Hospital was complex in the built environment available, consisted of multiple buildings across a number of campuses, with Acute and Allied Health services located independently. Demand was quickly outgrowing capacity. The new hospital provides 372 inpatient beds, 72 same-day beds, 11 new operating theatres, an integrated regional cancer centre with four radiation therapy bunkers and an 80-bed integrated psychiatry unit. Exemplar Health delivers both hard and soft Facility Management Services to the precinct including building management, grounds and garden maintenance, food services, helpdesk, cleaning, security, carparking, materials distribution and portering. 

Additional to the clinical scope for the precinct, Exemplar Health has delivered a 128-room hotel, a 100-place childcare centre, short-stay accommodation for hospital patients and carers, a helipad, a multideck carpark, conference facilities and various retail outlets.  Stage 1 was delivered in January 2017, with Stage 2 completed in 2018.