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The Project Timeline: South Coastal Health Campus

Beebe’s South Coastal Health Campus near Millville is now open! The South Coastal Emergency Department opened May 5, 2020. The South Coastal Cancer Center opened in July. Click the button below for current information about the campus.


Summer 2020

The South Coastal Cancer Center is now open!

May 2020

The South Coastal Emergency Department opened in a socially distanced ceremony on May 5.
Learn more about the new freestanding emergency department


January 2020

The signage is going up on the South Coastal Health Campus!


December 2019

The parking lots have been paved and the helipad is taking shape at the new South Coastal Health Campus as we move into 2020!

(Photos courtesy of Tony Petralia)

Aerial of South Coastal
Aerial of South Coastal

Video Flyover – August 2019

Rob Waters of W Films shot a video flyover of our South Coastal Health Campus in August to show all the progress!


August 2019

Construction is moving forward at the South Coastal Health Campus! The building is really taking shape and you can see where the new emergency department entrance will be and where ambulances will access the building.

View of South Coastal Health Campus along Route 17
South Coastal Emergency Department view
South Coastal Health Campus roof view
View of South Coastal Health Campus from Air

June 2019

Team members and supporters gathered June 13 on the new campus to sign a portion of a beam and a wall to celebrate the forward progress of construction! The beam was also taken to Tunnell Cancer Center in Rehoboth and the Emergency Department in Lewes to allow team members to sign it.

Group cheers at beam signing
Rick Schaffner, Interim CEO & Executive VP, signs the beam.
Judy Aliquo, President & CEO of Beebe Medical Foundation, and Rick Schaffner, Interim CEO & Executive Vice President at the event.
Maureen Hurst, Beebe Medical Foundation, signs the beam.
Nurse Sherry signs the beam
View of the signed beam.
Signing the wall.
Beebe Oncology Executive Director Barry Hamp signs the wall.
Dr. M.L. Ray Kuretu signs the beam.
Marketing Coordinator Mary Green signs the wall.
Beebe Medical Foundation President & CEO Judy Aliquo signs the wall.
Beebe Medical Foundation President & CEO Judy Aliquo signs the wall.
Digital Content Coordinator Rachel Swick Mavity signs the wall.

May 2019

South Coastal Health Campus Update: Installation is moving forward for the overhead electrical and data conduits for our new campus near Millville. To date, we have installed 7,000 feet (1¼ miles) of conduit and are slated to install another 5,000 feet in the next few weeks for a total of 2¼ miles of conduit before the end of May.


April 2019

Steel beams are rising on our South Coastal Health Campus!

Linear accelerator and vault
Sunset over the construction site
Sunset over the construction site.

South Coastal Health Campus Construction – February 2019

Steel has started to go up on the campus!

January 2019

Equipment can now be seen on the site! Progress!

December 2018

Work trucks and teams from Beebe’s integrated construction and design firms start the process of moving dirt for the new campus.

November 2018

Beebe team members, supporters, and community members gathered at the site of the planned new campus for a groundbreaking event.