By Benjamin Lanka
The Journal Gazette
October 20, 2009
Parkview hopes to present a plan next year for how its Randallia campus will look after it moves some services north in 2012 as part of a nearly $500 million expansion plan.
After the opening of the Parkview Regional Medical Center on the Parkview North campus in 2010, some services – including the Level II trauma center, heart, neurosciences and cancer services – will move north from the campus at 2200 Randallia Drive.
Sue Ehinger, Parkview chief operating officer, said the hospital wants to explore how to best use the facilities at the Randallia campus.
The hospital on Monday announced hiring the team of EDEN Collaborative, of Indianapolis, and Greenstreet Ltd. of Zionsville, to lead the redevelopment planning process for what the area will look like. The team also includes Moake Park Group, of Fort Wayne, and Williams Creek Consulting, of Indianapolis.
“We want to be in a position to offer residents opportunities for health care and other needed services that will assist in making the neighborhood sustainable and successful for years to come,” Ehinger said in a statement.
Hospital officials say Parkview Randallia, which now has 582 beds, will retain a 64-bed hospital and a 107-bed behavioral health hospital at 1720 Beacon St. that treats patients suffering from emotional, behavioral and chemical dependency problems.
It will have a full-service emergency room, outpatient services, obstetrics and surgery suites.
And it will keep the Parkview Eye Institute in Carew Medical Park at 1818 Carew St., near the Randallia site. With the reduction of beds, the hospital expects to raze the patient tower and parking garage.
City Councilwoman Karen Goldner, D-2nd, serves on the Parkview Select committee, which includes neighborhood and community leaders interested in the future of the Randallia campus. She said it was good news Parkview was taking this step because it showed the hospital’s commitment to the community.
“I’m just really excited they’ve decided to pursue this effort,” she said.
Parkview said it will work with community stakeholders to have a redevelopment plan to present to the public by mid-2010.