Beebe breaks ground on Rehoboth medical building
Beebe Healthcare has taken another step forward toward its goal of expanding facilities in Sussex County, breaking ground for a new medical office building off Route 24 near Rehoboth Beach.
Beebe President and CEO Dr. David Tam joined members of the Beebe board and other dignitaries at a ceremony Nov. 19.
“We’re partnering with other entities to find innovative ways to provide quality access to care to the people of Sussex County,” Tam said.
The new building is located on the Abessinio Campus, at the corner of Healthy Way and Beebe Road, adjacent to the Medical Arts Building and Tunnell Cancer Center.
Beebe is partnering with the Lewes Surgical Center on the three-story, 60,000-square-foot facility.
It will include four outpatient operating rooms on the second floor, doubling the number at the surgical center’s current location on Old Orchard Road outside Lewes.
Dr. Edward Jaoude, an ophthalmologist at the Lewes Surgery Center, said the new facility is a prime opportunity to expand.
“This is going to increase our capabilities to be able to provide a broader range of services and reach more people,” Jaoude said. “We look forward to writing the next chapter, growing side by side with Beebe.”
The project is expected to be completed in about 16 months.
Bill Shull has been covering Lewes for the Cape Gazette since 2023. He comes to the world of print journalism after 40 years in TV news. Bill has worked in his hometown of Philadelphia, as well as Atlanta and Washington, D.C. He came to Lewes in 2014 to help launch WRDE-TV. Bill served as WRDE’s news director for more than eight years, working in Lewes and Milton. He is a 1986 graduate of Penn State University. Bill is an avid aviation and wildlife photographer, and a big Penn State football, Eagles, Phillies and PGA Tour golf fan. Bill, his wife Jill and their rescue cat, Lucky, live in Rehoboth Beach.
