Columbus-based OhioHealth has shared plans to build OhioHealth New Albany (Ohio) Methodist Hospital, a nearly $700 million facility. It will be the system’s 17th hospital.
OhioHealth plans to begin construction on the 160-bed hospital in early 2027 and complete it in the second half of 2030. It is expected to open in late 2030, according to a Nov. 11 news release.
OhioHealth New Albany Methodist Hospital will be 600,000 square feet and will combine 325,000 square feet of reimagined space and 275,000 square feet of new construction. Plans for the hospital also allow inpatient capacity to expand to 208 beds.
The hospital will include services such as comprehensive advanced cardiac, neuroscience, stroke and trauma care. It will employ about 1,700 people at full operation, with at least $220 million in annual wages and benefits. More than 140 physicians and advanced practice providers will offer medical services at the campus.
OhioHealth comprises 16 hospitals, more than 200 ambulatory sites, hospice, home health and other health services across a 50-county area. It has 35,000 associates, physicians and volunteers, the release said.
“Central Ohio is growing and we need to make sure access to high-quality care grows with it,” Steve Markovich, president and CEO of OhioHealth, said in the release. “New Albany Methodist is a significant investment in the future of this region and in making care more accessible to the families we serve in northeast Columbus and communities north and east of New Albany.”
