Avera breaks ground on Kirby Place Addition in Sioux Falls By Todd Epp May 21, 2021 | 9:59 AM SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — Thursday, Avera broke ground on Kirby Place at the Walsh Family Village in Sioux Falls. Thanks to more than 400 donors to the Home for Hope Campaign, the Avera Foundation raised over $3.3 million to expand and renovate patient and family lodging adjacent to the Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center campus. Kirby Place will include 14 new guest rooms, more than doubling the current lodging. In addition to adding 6,500 square feet of space, this project will connect two of the three existing buildings at Walsh Family Village. When completed, there will be two facilities: Kirby Place and Ronald McDonald House Charities.