The new tower will be 10 floors and 300,000 square feet. It will have 168 private patient rooms, telemetry capabilities, outpatient clinics, point-of-care registration, new dining and food services, outdoor spaces for patients, a modernized data center, a central utility plant and a new 171-space parking deck.
Forty physicians and staff members were a part of the design process, according to an Oct. 7 news release from Mount Nittany Health.
Construction is slated to begin in 2023 and wrap in 2026.