Onix Group announced the groundbreaking of a 90-bed, 2-story, 93,000 square foot inpatient behavioral health hospital on the College Park Retail & Office campus in Georgetown,
The hospital will be owned and operated by Sun Behavioral Health, a Red Bank NJ-based health care organization with several other hospitals across the country including inpatient hospitals in Columbus, OH, Houston, TX and Edgewood, KY.
The newly constructed $25 Million center will be built on about six acres of land at the College Park campus in Georgetown, directly across from the Delaware Technical Community College on Route 404.
It is estimated that the project will take approximately 18 months to construct and will open for patient admissions in May 2018.
The facility will feature several inpatient units, recreational areas, an outdoor courtyard and various treatment and support areas. It is anticipated that 150-plus health care and support services jobs will be created and that the center will care for thousands of patients in its early month, a release stated.
The project is the first of its kind in over 40 years in the State of Delaware and tremendous community support in lower and central Delaware was realized during the approval process, as community and health care leaders cited a lack of services in the immediate area and the need to transport patients in some cases more than 2 hours out of the state for care.
Delaware Governor Jack Markell will be the keynote speaker at the Ground Breaking Ceremony in Georgetown to be held Wednesday, November 2.
Other dignitaries include the director of the Delaware Economic Development Office Bernice Whaley, Mayor of the Town of Georgetown Bill West, and several legislators that sponsored Senate Bill 226, legislation that made the hospital possible.
A performance-based grant from DEDO which will support staffing the new facility.
Onix Group is a privately held real-estate development firm headquartered in Kennett Square PA. Onix currently owns, or has an interest in, 35-plus commercial properties across Delmarva comprising approximately 500,000 square feet of gross leasable area.
