HMH Breaks Ground On First In the Nation Health & Wellness Center At A Transit Hub
What You Need To Know
Hackensack Meridian Health is breaking ground on a first-of-its-kind health care facility at a mass transit hub. The groundbreaking today at Metropark Station in Woodbridge, New Jersey, will provide convenient access to comprehensive care to thousands of New Jersey, New York and Northeast residents each day.
The facility is part of a larger development of Metropark Station by DOR, a consortium led by Russo Development, that was awarded a $110 million tax credit grant. The development came from New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s push to modernize transportation hubs throughout the state, making them multi-use locations for residential, office space, retail and restaurants, allowing people to live, work and play in one location.
When it opens next year, the Hackensack Meridian Health and Wellness Center will offer more than 60,000 square feet of healthcare services just steps from the mass transit hub. Services will include primary care, medical specialties, surgical specialties, a sports and spine center of excellence, advanced imaging, phlebotomy, rehabilitation services, a retail pharmacy, occupational health services and an urgent care.
The complex qualifies for the multi-use platform under the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s ASPIRE program, which supports transformative development projects that incorporate community benefits such as those featured in this development: connecting people to healthcare more efficiently; stimulating mass transit use; and providing at least 20% low income housing. As the first health system to provide comprehensive outpatient services directly at a transit hub, HMH is establishing a new model of care for other health systems to emulate, increasing access and addressing social determinants of health.
Following the completion of the HMH Metropark building, a residential building will be constructed with retail on the lower level and approximately 230 residential units. HMH is investing significantly in the $200 million project, adding to other major recent investments by the network in expanding healthcare access. The project is estimated to bring 1,000 jobs to the Woodbridge area, both short term and long term, not including the new jobs indirectly created as a result of consolidation and growth of our ambulatory assets in the region. HMH will also consolidate its corporate offices, currently in Edison, within the new Metropark facility.
The Hackensack Meridian Health and Wellness Center at Metropark is scheduled to open in 2025.