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Penn Highlands Micro Hospital 7:37 pm
Penn Highlands Healthcare purchased this land near the intersection of Colonnade Boulevard and Waddle Road in Patton Township in 2019.
Now, plans to build a micro-hospital and a neighboring office building here have been approved by Patton Township supervisors.
With Mount Nittany Medical Center and its sister facilities, as well as Geisinger Health System having a number of medical care options in Centre County, Penn Highlands enters
the mix with stiff competition.
Centre County commissioner Michael Pipe says that gives those seeking options to receive care more control over how they get it.
“You know, the consumer at the end of the day will make the decision about where they see healthcare provided, so we’ll see what that looks like. But again, they’re not going to open for another two years, so we’ll see how other healthcare entities respond to this and react to it and if they make any changes,
Patton Township Supervisors on Wednesday night approved final plans for a new micro-hospital and medical office building near Colonnade Boulevard and Waddle Road.
Penn Highlands Healthcare will construct the three-story, 82,000-square-foot micro-hospital and 32,000-square-foot, two-story office building on the northwest side of the Patton Town Center development, near Cracker Barrel and Sheetz. Township planner Nicole Pollock said the new medical facilities will complete the buildout of the 16.26-acre site.
“The micro-hospital is a mini version of a general acute care hospital… just on a smaller scale,” Greg Bauer, chief business development officer for Penn Highlands, said
David Nitchkey, of project designer Core Architects, said on Wednesday that construction is expected to begin in early fall and take about 18 months to complete.