Area’s big projects from 2017
The health care industry continues to play a major role in the region, driving some of the largest local construction projects.
All the large hospital systems in the Dayton region are in the midst of expanding their current facilities or building new locations.
These new project starts and proposals in 2017 follow other recent large investments like Kettering Health’s new $53 million cancer center, Premier Health’s $60 million expansion still underway at Miami Valley Hospital South and Dayton Children’s new $141 million patient tower and main campus improvements.
Outdated facilities and changing trends on where and how health care is delivered and are helping drive the construction work.
“What we’re trying to do is anticipate where health care is headed and to plan for that,” Roy Chew, president of Kettering Health Network, said previously
about its planned Middletown and Troy locations, which will be outpatient focused.
Health care networks say they are focusing on convenience and spreading out deeper into the communities where residents live.
“We are listening to our patient families who consistently tell us they want more services closer to home,” Deborah Feldman, president and CEO of Dayton Children’s, had said about its new Huber Heights urgent care center planned to open in 2018.
Premier Health also cited convenience when it announced it will be opening a series of new urgent cares in 2018 with new patient technology to make appointments online or check in at a kiosk and get a mobile appointment alert.
“Premier Health Urgent Care introduces a new generation of urgent care with design and technology aimed at giving patients the care they need with the convenience their lifestyle demands,” Mike Maiberger, Premier Health executive vice president, said.
The region’s population is also aging, which creates more demand for health care. About one in four Montgomery County residents will be older than 60 by 2020 and by 2030 closer to one in three residents will be.
The projects bolster small and large contractors who get in on the projects.
The Associated General Contractors of Ohio has said health care construction accounts for about 20 percent of revenue for its 75 local members.
Some of the notable health care projects under construction or newly announced in 2017 are:
■ $60 million Troy hospital: Kettering Health Network is building a three-story, nearly 100,000 square-foot hospital on land it purchased in Troy at 600 W. Main St. The hospital broke ground in July and was expected to open late 2018.
■ $30 million Middletown medical center: Kettering Health Network is also building a 67,000-squarefoot medical center in Middletown on Ohio 122 just southeast of Interstate 75, expected to open late 2018.
■ $28 million Center for Community Health and Advocacy: Dayton Children’s Hospital is proposing to build a new 50,000-square-foot medical center by its main campus. The center will focus on responding to com- munity health issues like hunger, asthma and primary care for low income children and children in foster care.
■ $12 million Miamisburg emergency department: Premier Health broke ground this month on a new emergency center near Austin Landing and the Motoman Robotics plant. It is expected to open in September 2018 and have 24-hour emergency care.
■ $10 million Pure Healthcare Center: Premier Health and Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton are working together on a new center projected to open in 2019 at Miami Valley Hospital South in Centerville. The center will serve people with complex medical conditions and multiple chronic illnesses.
■ Four new urgent care centers: Premier Health announced it will open new urgent care centers in Englewood, Miamisburg, Springboro and Vandalia by spring 2018. The centers will be for when patients don’t need to go to the ER but their primary doctor isn’t available.
■ Huber Heights pediatric urgent care: Dayton Children’s Hospital is planning to open a new urgent care center, expanding on its Huber Heights office at 8501 Old Troy Pike. Renovation will begin in March and take about three months. This will leave Dayton Children’s with urgent care centers in both the northern and southern suburbs.