Construction is underway on a 77-bed children’s psychiatric hospital in Webster Groves.

Workers finished the skeleton of the new building near Rock Hill Road and Gore Avenue and celebrated with a topping-off ceremony Tuesday.

St. Louis Children’s Hospital and KVC Missouri will operate the hospital, which will serve patients ages 6 to 18. The majority of the treatment beds will be for shorter-term stays; hospital officials said the average stay in similar facilities is three to five days. A dozen beds will be reserved for longer-term residential patients.

The hospital is set to open in late 2026.

Supporters of the project said it will add capacity to an overtaxed pediatric mental health system.

The lack of treatment options in the region has forced many families to seek care hours away

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