Inspira Health Network has hired Skanska USA to build its new $350 million Gloucester County hospital.
The five-story hospital building with 204 beds in Harrison will be the fourth inpatient facility for the South Jersey health system, which also has medical centers in Vineland, Elmer and Woodbury.
Inspira bought the land for the new hospital from Rowan University in a $11.5 million deal that was finalized in March. The property on Route 322 near Exit 50 of Route 55 is adjacent to land owned by the college. The health system has not yet decided on its future plans for its other Gloucester County medical center in Woodbury, which previously operated as Underwood-Memorial Hospital. Inspira working with the city of Woodbury and the Gloucester County Improvement Authority to conduct a redevelopment study, which will identify future opportunities for the campus.
The project represents the second major hospital contract for New York-based Skanska USA in this region during in the third quarter. In August, the company, which has local offices in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, was selected to build the women and children’s health center for Christiana Care Health System in Newark, Del.
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