{"id":239357,"date":"2026-07-09T14:02:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/239357\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T14:02:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T14:02:34","slug":"va-to-build-new-outpatient-center-in-allentown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/239357\/","title":{"rendered":"VA to build new outpatient center in Allentown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Veterans Affairs will open a new outpatient clinic near Allentown.<\/p>\n<p>Construction and facility preparation on the site at 935 Blue Barn Road in Upper Macungie Township is expected to be completed by winter 2029, and the first patients seen in summer 2029. The building will be 81,719 square feet in size with 600 parking spaces, and the facility will be state-of-the-art and energy-efficient, according to a news release from the department. This will essentially double the size of the current Allentown VA clinics, which the new center will replace.<\/p>\n<p>The total lease contract value will be $151 million over a 20-year term.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur mission is to provide world-class health care to our nation\u2019s heroes,\u201d said Phillip Christy, chief acquisition officer. \u201cThis new leased facility will significantly enhance access, expand capacity, and ensure veterans receive the high-quality care and services.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Department of Veterans Affairs will open a new outpatient clinic near Allentown. Construction and facility preparation on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,1057,182,139,432],"class_list":["post-239357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-health","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories-tmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}