Rochester, N.Y. — The University of Rochester (UR) will develop The UR Medicine Orthopaedics & Physical Performance Center at The Marketplace Mall in Rochester. The 330,000-square-foot facility will be the largest off-site building in UR history. Wilmorite, owner of The Marketplace Mall, will sell the former Sears department store and surrounding mall property to UR. Plans call for repurposing the vacant Sears building as the shell for the new ambulatory surgery center, with new operating rooms and procedure rooms. New construction would create a multi-story tower above the surgery center, housing services such as diagnosis and treatment of a bone, spine, muscle or joint condition; diagnostic imaging; clinic exam rooms; physical, occupational and hand therapy; sports medicine facilities; athletic training; injury prevention programs; and nutrition/mind-body wellness services. The Orthopaedics & Physical Performance Center could cost up to $240 million, which will be paid for through a combination of philanthropy, UR funds and borrowing. Trustees have approved $11 million for project design. The campus could be completed by 2023.
Plans call for repurposing the vacant Sears building at The Marketplace Mall as the shell for the new ambulatory surgery center, with new operating rooms and procedure rooms.
University of Rochester Plans $240 Million Orthopedics Campus at Marketplace Mall
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