A building on West Otterman Street in Greensburg is slated to be demolished to make way for additional parking for Independence Health Westmoreland Hospital.
Health system chief marketing and communications officer Kelley Skoloda said demolition of the former Overly Door Co. building is expected to start this month. The land development application will come before Greensburg council on Monday for a vote.
The new surface lot will have 95 free parking spaces.
“The project is expected to be completed in October 2026 and will help support long‑term parking needs ahead of future on-campus development,” Skoloda said.
The hospital in 2023 bought 12 neighboring properties from Overly Door Co. and Overly Manufacturing Co. for $1.5 million, according to a deed. The largest piece, at the corner of West Otterman Street and North Washington Avenue, is where a large building sits that once held operations for the door company, which has since relocated.
The building is across Otterman from Mutual Aid Ambulance Service.
The proposed project will be essentially an expansion of existing parking as the hospital already has lots directly behind the building slated to be demolished.
Independence Health announced in November it will be acquired by West Virginia University Health System.
That agreement included an $800 million commitment from the WVU system over the next five years to invest in modernization at Independence’s five hospitals — three of which are in Westmoreland County — and affiliated physician groups in the area.
About $500 million is earmarked for physical upgrades at the Westmoreland Hospital campus and at Butler Memorial Hospital.
The acquisition is subject to state and federal regulatory reviews. Officials have said they expect the process to be completed this year.
In 2024, Greensburg council approved an agreement with Independence Health to repurpose $1.5 million in state Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program funding to demolish a parking garage at Westmoreland Hospital.
The 475-space parking garage, built in the early 1980s as supplemental parking to the hospital, had been closed for more than two years because of its deteriorating condition.