Southern Maine Health Care kicks off $34M expansion in Sanford

Courtesy / SMHC A rendering of the $23 million, 94-bed senior care facility Southern Maine Health Care is preparing to build in Sanford.

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Southern Maine Health Care today will kick off a $34 million expansion of its Sanford Medical Center, where a new senior care facility, a new behavioral health care unit and campus upgrades are planned.

Southern Maine Health, part of the MaineHealth system, is preparing to break ground on the $23 million, 94-bed Summer Commons, which will provide skilled nursing, long-term and memory care services, according to a news release.

Also planned is an $11 million, 30-bed, short-stay behavioral health care unit, which will replace a unit at SMHC's Biddeford location and more than double its capacity.

Work is already underway on a variety of improvements at the existing medical center, formerly Goodall Hospital, and SMHC said both of the new construction projects will be complete next year.

“Sanford will benefit from MaineHealth’s efforts to build a truly integrated health care organization that is well positioned to address some of the more challenging cost and care delivery trends in the industry today,” SMHC President Nathan Howell said in the release.

“By working together with our partners at MaineHealth, Maine Behavioral Healthcare and others, we can more efficiently and effectively meet the needs of those we serve.”

Southern Maine Health is celebrating the expansion with an open house from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, at the medical center, 25 June St., Sanford.