(File Photo of the UPMC Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) An opening date has now been announced for a new tower worth over a billion dollars at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh. UPMC officials told WTAE yesterday that the $1.3 billion hospital tower at that hospital is on track to be fully constructed by October of 2026. After a phase of testing for the building, according to UPMC, patients will then be moved into the new space on January 24th, 2027.