Shuttered PA hospital remains vacant more than four years after closing doors

SUNBURY — The Sunbury Community Hospital has been vacant for nearly four years with little forward movement, even after the property was acquired by a Montour County-based economic development organization two years after it closed. The former hospital was purchased by nonprofit UPMC Susquehanna from for-profit Quorum Health on Oct. 6, 2017. UPMC closed the hospital in early 2020, leaving Sunbury without a full-scale medical center for the first time in 125 years. The property was acquired by DRIVE in mid-2022 when UMPC donated the location to the economic development group. According to Jennifer Wakeman, executive director of Driving Real Innovation for a Vibrant Economy, the organization has been marketing the property since the acquisition. Wakeman said there is some potential movement on the horizon but she declined to speak of them publicly. The property is located on approximately 12 acres. It is assessed at $2,399,200 across 20 different parcels in the same area of North 11th Street.