U.S. General Services Administration
GSA awards lease for new VA Community-based Outpatient Clinic in Chesapeake
Joint GSA, Veterans Affairs project will bring routine care facility to area veterans
PHILADELPHIA — On June 28, 2021, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) awarded a lease for a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) on Knells Ridge Boulevard in Chesapeake, Virginia. This new state-of-the-art facility will improve veterans’ access to outpatient services such as primary care, mental health and eye clinic services, as well as new specialty care and advanced imaging services, and reduce drive times for many Hampton Roads-area veterans enrolled in VA care.
The lease includes approximately 196,000 square feet with 1,050 parking spaces. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2022, with substantial completion expected in spring 2024. VA anticipates occupancy and opening to the community in fall 2024.
“This new outpatient facility is long-overdue in a region with one of the fastest-growing veterans populations in the country, and where veterans often battle traffic and long wait times to access the care they’ve earned,” said Sen. Warner today. “After years of delays, I’m pleased that a site for this new VA clinic in Southside Hampton Roads has finally been selected, and look forward to working with local and federal officials to make sure that it opens its doors as soon as possible.”
“Team Hampton has worked diligently to improve access for our rapidly growing Veteran population. We are excited to announce the site selection of Hampton VA Healthcare System’s newest Healthcare Center in Chesapeake, VA. It will greatly improve access to care for Veterans and we look forward to extending our world class quality care to America’s heroes in this new location. In addition, the Center will decrease Veterans drive times, thereby improving their overall satisfaction,” said Dr. Taquisa K. Simmons, Executive Director, Hampton VA Healthcare System.
“This project will be a great benefit to the community of Hampton Roads, and we’re proud of our partnership with the VA which makes it possible,” added Joanna Rosato, Acting Regional Administrator for GSA Mid-Atlantic Region.
PH LLC, doing business as The Molasky Group of Companies, will be the developer for this lease. This facility will support VA’s Strategic Capital Investment Planning process.
For more information on VAMC resources, please visit www.hampton.va.gov/.
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About Hampton VA Medical Center: The Hampton VA Medical Center has served the Veterans of Hampton Roads for more than 150 years. As one of the fastest growing VA Medical Centers in the nation, the Northeast market serves a growing Veteran population of 300,000. Hampton is expanding with an estimated 10-year Enrollee count increasing by 18.1%. This 432-bed teaching facility serves six counties in eastern Virginia and nine counties in northeastern North Carolina. Currently, the Hampton VAMC provides care to 59,000 unique Veterans through the provision of comprehensive health care which includes primary care, a multitude of surgical services to include robotic surgery, acute inpatient medicine, acute psychiatric, chronic spinal cord injury, and a 169-bed domiciliary, 112-bed long-term Community Living Center which encompasses short-term rehabilitation and hospice care unit. In addition, Hampton serves a rapidly growing female Veteran population, who make up 20% of all Veterans seen, with a state-of-the-art Women’s Clinic and on-site mammography services. Additional expansions at the VAMC include state-of-the-art Spinal Cord Injury and Mental Health units.
Rich in history, the Hampton VAMC once served as the Chesapeake Female College which closed at the outset of the Civil War. The Union converted the facility into the Chesapeake Military Hospital (1870) which provided housing and long-term medical care to the veterans of the Union Army.
The Hampton VAMC is geographically positioned among one of the most considerable active duty and military retiree populations in the United States. The Hampton Roads region represents all branches of the military and includes the Norfolk Naval Base and the Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth.