Upper Darby School District has agreed to buy the shuttered Delaware County Memorial Hospital complex for $600,000, according to a court filing Monday in Prospect Medical Holdings\u2019 bankruptcy.<\/p>\n
But if the sale does not close by Aug. 13, Prospect will be able to abandon the property, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Stacey Jernigan ruled. Even after abandonment, the California for-profit would have to pay for fire suppression and security services until its bankruptcy plan is approved.<\/p>\n
Delaware County Memorial is next to Upper Darby High School, and the plan is to demolish the hospital, a medical office building, and a parking garage, Trey Monsour, an attorney for the school district, told the judge. Monsour said there have been two recent incidents of kids breaking into the hospital.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re ready to move forward. We\u2019re going to close on the 13th, we\u2019re going to take over the properties, we\u2019re going to secure the properties,\u201d Monsour said. Upper Darby was interested in acquiring<\/a> the neighboring hospital for school expansion even before Prospect filed for bankruptcy protection<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n Daniel P. McGarry, superintendent of Upper Darby School District, said in an interview Monday evening that the district had been trying for more than two years to acquire the hospital, which closed in November 2022.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need to expand,\u201d McGarry said. \u201cIf it had remained a hospital we would have fully supported that, but if it was going to go into the hands of somebody else, there\u2019s nobody better than the school district to try to get that property.\u201d<\/p>\n Development with Taylor Hospital<\/p>\n