UMass Medical School reached a construction milestone on Wednesday with its new Veterans Affairs care facility, placing the top steel beam into place.
UMass Medical School reached a construction milestone on Wednesday with its new Veterans Affairs care facility, placing the top steel beam into place.
The medical school, which held a socially-distanced ceremonial topping-off ceremony, is building a new outpatient health clinic on its Belmont Street campus in Worcester to replace a smaller facility on Lincoln Street. The new building will have 65 exam, consultation and procedure rooms, and specialty care in areas including radiology, echo-cardiology, physical and occupational therapy.
The VA clinic will take up just over half of a four-story, 100,000-square foot building replacing a former regional office for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. The building, expected to cost up to $75 million, is set to be complete by mid-2021.
The new facility will vastly increase space for caring for veterans compared to the Lincoln Street location. It will expand a partnership between the medical school and the VA, which started with a specialty clinic at 377 Plantation St. for podiatry, audiology and optometry services opened in 2016.
