Geisinger has completed structural steel on the 11 story patient tower at its Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre. The nearly 900 million dollar project spans more than 600,000 SF, adds all private rooms, and opens in 2028. Renovations continue through 2030.
Construction crews in northeastern Pennsylvania have topped out the steel frame of a new patient tower at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center. The health system marked the milestone at its Wilkes-Barre campus with a beam signing ceremony in mid July, keeping the 11 story project on schedule for a 2028 opening.
The expansion ranks among the larger hospital investments underway in Luzerne County and, once complete, will roughly double the size of the existing medical center. Combined new construction and renovation give the campus a substantially wider clinical footprint.
A defining element of the design is a move to an all private room model, an approach now common in new hospital construction that supports infection control, patient privacy, and closer family involvement in care. Planned additions include 58 medical surgical beds, 24 intensive care beds, six operating rooms, and 22 emergency treatment areas, together with three trauma bays and dedicated emergency space for behavioral health patients. Cardiovascular services also grow through two structural heart rooms and modernized cardiac catheterization labs.
Timing tracks a demographic shift. Regional figures cited by the health system anticipate an 11 percent rise in residents aged 65 and older between 2023 and 2028, a group whose needs weigh heavily on acute and specialty care. The tower likewise extends a recent run of Geisinger capital projects across the county, among them a cancer center expansion and several outpatient developments.
According to Geisinger’s announcement, renovation work will continue through 2030 after the tower opens. The project sits at the Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, covers more than 600,000 SF of new and renovated space, and carries a budget approaching 900 million dollars.