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The University Health Network (UHN) Foundation announced a landmark $30-million gift from three families in the real estate development sector to support the construction of UHN’S new cutting-edge surgical tower at Toronto Western Hospital.
John D’Angelo, Giuseppe Maio and Claudio Memme – partners at HBNG Holborn Group – together with their wives Rosella, Lidia and Gina, respectively, and the HBNG Charitable Foundation, unveiled the gift at the opening of the 20th Grand Cru Culinary Wine Festival. Founded by UHN trustee and UHN Foundation board member Todd Halpern, Grand Cru is a three-day event that includes a live auction, wine tastings, and exclusive private dinners hosted in homes across Toronto, and has become one of the city’s premier fundraising celebrations.
This is the largest single philanthropic gift to date in support of UHN Foundation’s $300M fundraising campaign, which will help build the $1.1B tower at UHN’s Toronto Western campus – the largest capital project in UHN’s history. Slated for completion in 2028, the new 15-storey surgical tower will be purpose-built to prioritize the experience of patients and their families, featuring 82 private patient rooms, new critical care beds, and 20 state-of-the-art operating rooms equipped with the latest robotic equipment and real-time imaging technology. The tower is anticipated to add capacity to the health care system, helping increase surgeries by 20 per cent and addressing wait times and surgical backlog in Ontario.
The University Health Network (UHN) Foundation announced a landmark $30-million gift from three families in the real estate development sector to support the construction of UHN’S new cutting-edge surgical tower at Toronto Western Hospital.
John D’Angelo, Giuseppe Maio and Claudio Memme – partners at HBNG Holborn Group – together with their wives Rosella, Lidia and Gina, respectively, and the HBNG Charitable Foundation, unveiled the gift at the opening of the 20th Grand Cru Culinary Wine Festival. Founded by UHN trustee and UHN Foundation board member Todd Halpern, Grand Cru is a three-day event that includes a live auction, wine tastings, and exclusive private dinners hosted in homes across Toronto, and has become one of the city’s premier fundraising celebrations.
This is the largest single philanthropic gift to date in support of UHN Foundation’s $300M fundraising campaign, which will help build the $1.1B tower at UHN’s Toronto Western campus – the largest capital project in UHN’s history. Slated for completion in 2028, the new 15-storey surgical tower will be purpose-built to prioritize the experience of patients and their families, featuring 82 private patient rooms, new critical care beds, and 20 state-of-the-art operating rooms equipped with the latest robotic equipment and real-time imaging technology. The tower is anticipated to add capacity to the health care system, helping increase surgeries by 20 per cent and addressing wait times and surgical backlog in Ontario.
Premier Doug Ford was also in attendance at the live auction to help celebrate the gift and thank the families for their generosity.
“On behalf of the province, I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to the HBNG Charitable Foundation for their generous donation which will help build a new, state-of-the-art patient and surgical tower at Toronto Western Hospital,” said Premier Ford. “This historic gift builds on our government’s $800 million investment, and will help provide high-quality health care for patients here in Toronto and from across Ontario.”
In February, the Government of Ontario announced an investment of $794 million for the University Health Network’s (UHN) new state-of-the-art patient tower at Toronto Western Hospital.
“This tower will revolutionize surgical innovation while also completely transforming how we care for patients and their families,” said Julie Quenneville CEO of UHN Foundation. “We are so grateful to the D’Angelo, Maio and Memme families for their commitment to the well-being of our community, and for helping make UHN’s bold visions a reality. We hope their generosity inspires others to contribute to our mission of helping Canada’s #1 hospital reimagine health care.“ |
