CaroMont Health is putting serious money on the table in Gaston County, pledging a $200 million investment to expand oncology services with a major new cancer center in Gastonia and upgrades that will reach its Belmont campus. The health system says the goal is to pull outpatient infusion, imaging and radiation treatments under one roof so more patients can get care closer to home instead of crisscrossing the county for appointments. Hospital leaders say a detailed construction schedule and more specifics are coming in the weeks ahead.
According to the Charlotte Business Journal, the planned Gastonia cancer facility clocks in at about 125,000 square feet, and the $200 million commitment will also cover expanded oncology services at the Belmont campus. CaroMont has already shared a project rendering and has indicated that construction timelines will be announced soon.
This new push builds on a recent building streak. CaroMont opened a new hospital in Belmont in January 2025, adding inpatient beds and an emergency department that leaders said would help ease the load at the Gastonia campus. At the time, local reporting noted that the Belmont hospital was designed to serve the fast-growing eastern side of Gaston County and broaden access to care in that corridor. WSOC.
Why the new center matters
County health data and community assessments have cancer near the top of the worry list for Gaston County, and CaroMont’s own community health work tags oncology as a priority that is not going away. A single outpatient hub that combines infusion, imaging and radiation can cut down on the number of long drives patients and families have to make in a given week, and it can make supportive services and clinical trials easier to coordinate close to home instead of in distant cities. The county assessment underscores that cancer remains a persistent local need. CaroMont Health.
What comes next
CaroMont told the Charlotte Business Journal that construction timetables and more project details will roll out in the coming weeks, although officials have not pinned down a firm start date or explained whether the work will happen in phases. For now, the rendering and outline released with that report are the clearest public signs of how large the system is thinking.
CaroMont currently offers cancer services at both its Gastonia and Belmont locations, and those operations continue while the new project is in the planning pipeline. Patients and referring providers can find up-to-date information and contact details on the system’s existing cancer center webpages. CaroMont Cancer Center.
