Tacoma families with children needing physical, occupational, or speech therapy now have a dedicated facility in Central Tacoma, after Mary Bridge Children's opened a 16,000-square-foot outpatient therapy center.

The center, called Mary Bridge Children's Therapy Services – Tacoma, began seeing patients on June 30. It sits across the street from MultiCare Allenmore Hospital at a location MultiCare says is within three miles of more than 45 schools.

The two-story building consolidates six therapy disciplines under one roof: physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, feeding therapy, audiology, and in-house orthotics and prosthetics. It serves patients from infancy through adolescence, covering everything from acute injury recovery to ongoing therapy for lifelong conditions.

"Many of our patients rely on at least two forms of therapies, often requiring multiple weekly appointments," said Jeff Poltawsky, president and market leader of Mary Bridge Children's Hospital & Health Network. "Our goal is to provide ease of access for all patient families, so their appointments can be consolidated under one roof."

The Rush Companies, a Tacoma-area development and construction firm, built the facility with financing from Commencement Bank. Mary Bridge broke ground on July 8 and had originally projected a late 2026 opening. Therapists welcomed their first patients roughly five months ahead of that target.

The Mary Bridge Brigade, the hospital's philanthropic volunteer organization, contributed $4 million toward therapy equipment, furnishings, and interior completion. MultiCare did not disclose the total project cost.

Mary Bridge Children's Therapy Services already treats more than 16,500 pediatric patients annually at clinics in Puyallup, Gig Harbor, Olympia, and Federal Way. The Tacoma location is a new addition to that network, bringing the service closer to families in the city's core.

The opening is part of a broader expansion year for Mary Bridge Children's. The health network opened its new standalone children's hospital on M.L.K. Jr. Way on May 18, a 262,000-square-foot, 82-bed facility serving roughly 100,000 kids per year. The therapy center adds outpatient capacity to complement that inpatient campus.