A 117-acre wooded site off Route 34 in West Haven is set to become home to the Yale New Haven Health Regional Operations Center by March 2019, Yale New Haven Health Services (YNHHS) announced.
The state’s largest hospital system bought the property in August for $8 million from Acorn Technology Campus LLC.
YNHHS unveiled details of its plans for the land this week, which include a one-story 140,000-square-foot building with a mezzanine, which will house a strategic operations system and medical supply distribution facility.
The building will be staffed by 90 to 95 managers and employees, half of which will be new positions, YNHHS said. Yale New Haven will continue to use its Howard Avenue warehouse in the former SEAMCO building.
“As the health system looks to reduce costs and improve efficiencies, this land will provide us the ability to build a combined services and distribution center for medical supplies that can serve our entire health system and clinical partners,” said Stephen J. Carbery, vice president of facilities, design, construction and real estate for YNHHS, which includes its flagship Yale New Haven Hospital as well as Bridgeport, Greenwich, Lawrence + Memorial, and Westerly hospitals.
West Haven Mayor Ed O’Brien called the land, which is fronted by the Maltby Lakes reservoir, “one of West Haven’s crown jewel development sites,” and said the city is eager to work with YNHH.
The hospital system said it would submit plans to the city for review this month and is targeting a March 2019 opening.
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