UVA Health Acquires State Farm Site on Pantops

To expand access to outpatient care in Central Virginia while also freeing up additional capacity at University Hospital to expand inpatient care, UVA Health has acquired the approximately 365,000-square-foot State Farm operations center in the Pantops area of Albemarle County.

Located at 1500 State Farm Blvd., the 55-acre property is located near U.S. 250 and Interstate 64 and comes with more than 1,200 surface parking spaces, making it a convenient location for patients. State Farm stopped using the facility entirely in 2020 when it shifted employees to remote work.

“The acquisition of this property is an investment in the health of the communities we serve,” said UVA President Scott C. Beardsley. “The new facility, once refurbished with the goal of opening in 2028, will enable the incredible UVA Health team to meet growing demand for its clinical expertise. Patient care and public service are central to the University of Virginia’s mission, and this is an important step for both.”

The purchase of the facility is one of the first major initiatives to come from UVA Health’s recently launched 10-year space planning initiative, Expanding Care, Enhancing Lives, which seeks to meet the steadily growing demand for both outpatient and inpatient care in the years ahead.

“By 2035, we project that we will have 1.2 million outpatient visits annually in the Charlottesville area, or about 300,000 more than we do today,” said Mitchell Rosner, MD, MACP, FRCP, chief executive officer of UVA Health and executive vice president for health affairs at UVA. “The building will help us meet the demand for our world-class care in an easy-to-reach location while also freeing up additional space at University Hospital to expand our inpatient care.”

UVA Health will undergo a master planning process over the next six months to determine which clinical services are best suited for the location — and the renovations needed to accommodate them. The goal is to have the facility ready to begin serving patients in approximately two years.

The gross purchase price of the property was approximately $48.3 million. UVA Health benefited from payment received from the previous tenant/lessee for early termination of their lease obligations, reducing the net purchase price to $37.7 million.

“With this new location on Pantops – combined with our University Medical Center outpatient locations at UVA Orthopedic Center Ivy Road, Northridge Medical Park, Fontaine Research Park and UVA Health Riverside in northern Albemarle County – our goal is to make it easier for patients to receive our high-quality care at convenient locations across the region,” said John Bennett, MPA, UVA Health’s chief service line and ambulatory officer.

Work is also underway at University Hospital – where the average occupancy in Fiscal 2026 was 91% – to accommodate more inpatients. Construction crews are building out the top three floors of the South Tower to add beds for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, pediatrics and adult cancer care. In addition, planning is underway to repurpose the Transitional Care Hospital on Ivy Road into inpatient behavioral health rooms, freeing up additional beds at University Hospital. These projects are projected to add 137 inpatient beds at University Hospital during the next three years.

“Our incredible team provides lifesaving care every day for patients with serious and complex medical issues, and we want to ensure we have the space to serve every patient who can benefit from the skill and compassion of our team members,” said Tammy Snyder, MPH, chief executive officer of UVA Health University Medical Center. “These are the first steps toward ensuring we can best care for the patients who come to us from around Virginia and beyond.”

UVA Health is also expanding its laboratory services in northern Albemarle County to serve more patients and meet a growing need for advanced testing. Beginning in November 2027, several lab services will move to a new and bigger location at UVA’s North Fork discovery park. The projected growth in testing volume is driven in part by the expansion of UVA Health’s cancer services and the health system’s continued growth in Northern Virginia.

FOR REPORTERS: B-roll footage of the facility is available. To receive a link to the footage, email Sonam Sheth at [email protected].