On a 15-acre site in Amherst, adjacent to the Northtown Center ice rink and across Millersport Highway from University at Buffalo’s athletic facilities, developers are approaching the homestretch in the construction of a new medical and surgical complex that is expected to become a destination for orthopedics and sports medicine in Western New York.
In fact, the first services within 716 Health – the name of the $63 million, 160,000-square-foot health hub – could open within the next couple of months.
Paul F. Ciminelli, president and CEO of project developer Ciminelli Real Estate Corp., said the new complex is “as good as it gets for orthopedics for Western New York,” capable of luring patients from Erie and Niagara counties and possibly Southern Ontario. And that was the vision that he and partner Dr. Brian McGrath, an orthopedic surgeon and the lead physician in the project, had when scouting potential sites several years ago.
“What they really wanted is to develop a building that brings a comprehensive approach to orthopedics,” Ciminelli said following a recent tour of 716 Health. “And you could see, based on all the tenants that have located here, you have the ambulatory surgery center, you have imaging, general surgery, orthopedics, PT, so it’s really a one-stop shop for orthopedics.”
McGrath said he expects UBMD Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine and UBMD General Surgery to open in the building in August, while Great Lakes Medical Imaging/UBMD Radiology should follow by early September.
The complex’s two remaining tenants – Northtowns Ambulatory Surgery Center, to be operated by UBMD and Kaleida Health physicians, and a General Physician PC primary care office – are scheduled to open by spring 2024, he said.
This type of development is emblematic of where health care is headed as more care shifts from expensive hospital settings to more cost-effective outpatient centers. And at 716 Health, patients…
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