Atrium Health and Novant Health submitted proposals to North Carolina’s health department to expand medical services in Mecklenburg County. There’s a need to add 210 acute care beds for the early 2030s, according to the 2025 State Medical Facilities Plan and submitted applications.

The hospital campus is the latest addition to Veridia, the more than 1000-acre development off of NC-55 and NC-540 that will also include thousands of homes, new retail, dining and office space and a new Wake Tech Community College campus. In downtown Apex, local business owners are expecting a major impact from the development.

Novant Health will seek permission from the state to build a hospital in Buncombe County, competing with AdventHealth for 129 acute-care beds, Asheville Watchdog has learned. “Over the past year, we’ve worked closely with the community and local physicians to grow our specialty care network in the region and look forward to applying in October

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The hospital system is the third-largest nonprofit health system in the U.S. and serves about 6 million patients. More than 155,000 employees work in 68 hospitals and over 1,000 health care locations.

Months before it can get official permission from the state, Florida-based nonprofit AdventHealth is seeking public support for a 129-bed expansion of its already approved 93-bed new hospital under construction in northern Buncombe County.

North Carolina faces a hospital bed shortage that will reach dangerous levels without a surge in new facilities. Deadline: Monday, July 14, 2025. 2025 Corporate Leadership Awards.

Greenville County faces a shortage of 111 hospital beds, according to the 2024 South Carolina Health Plan. Novant Health said its hospital on Patewood would help cut into that shortage.