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ARCADIA, CALIF. — McCarthy Building Cos. has broken ground on a five-story, 154,486-square-foot patient tower at the Methodist Hospital of Southern California in Arcadia. The $140 million development features a first-floor emergency room, a 20-bed intensive care unit and 40 surgical beds. The added space will increase the hospital’s emergency room beds by 65 percent and will grow the ICU by one third. The total cost of the development is estimated at $218 million, which will be funded through HUD bonds. Delivery is slated for 2011.