Instead of condos for seniors, Abington will get a new urgent care facility from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

On April 24, Abington Township announced that there was a probable significant change in plans for the redevelopment of the Abington YMCA property when the Y relocates to Willow Grove in October.

BET Investments finally decided to shelve its plans for the Abington Terrace age-55+ apartment complex. Instead, they have entered into an agreement with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to build the latest of CHOP’s small number of specialty and urgent care outpatient centers, which will function similarly to CHOP Specialty Care, Princeton at Plainsboro.

At the community meeting that took place on Wednesday, April 24 at 7:00PM, both BET and CHOP welcomed neighbors at the Abington Y, where more information—including preliminary renderings of the new redevelopment plan—was provided and questions answered.

On May 3, Chop issued their formal announcement of the plans with renderings. According to the Philadelphia Business Journal:

The project represents the latest expansion for the CHOP Care Network, which has grown to more than 50 primary care offices, specialty care and surgical centers, urgent care centers and community hospital alliances in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York.

Read more about the new facility here.