Catholic Health is planning a $28.5 million Northtowns medical hub that would consolidate several of its existing offices under one roof, bringing primary care, cardiac and vascular services together.
The project was reported by Buffalo Business First, which described plans for a new Northtowns hub. The plan calls for folding multiple scattered Catholic Health offices into a single facility designed to offer primary care alongside cardiac and vascular services, according to the same report.
Catholic Health already runs established cardiac and vascular programs elsewhere in its network. The system's vascular care is anchored by the Aortic & Vascular Center of Excellence at Sisters of Charity Hospital along with a vascular department at Mercy Hospital of Buffalo, while its cardiac care program says it provides comprehensive treatment for both chronic and acute heart conditions. The proposed Northtowns hub is planned to bring cardiac and vascular services together with primary care.
A Broader Pattern of Local Health System Expansion
The Williamsville proposal lands amid a wave of real estate and ownership moves by Buffalo-area health systems. Catholic Health is separately buying a 77% stake in the Ambulatory Surgery Center of Western New York in Amherst, a deal that would reduce the ownership stakes held by the center's physician-owners, per the station's report from the same outlet covering that transaction. One of those physicians, Dr. Deepan Selvadurai, is expected to see his stake drop from 2.3% to 0.5% once the acquisition closes.
Catholic Health has also moved to expand its oncology footprint, with plans to open two extension clinics for oncology and hematology services at locations where Buffalo Medical Group has offices, according to an earlier Buffalo Business First report. Taken together, the moves suggest a system working to centralize specialty care across multiple sites in the region.
Nearby Amherst Project Shows a Similar Playbook
Catholic Health is not the only Western New York provider consolidating care into larger medical campuses. Highgate Medical Group opened an expanded Williamsville office at 6255 Sheridan Drive in Amherst's Sheridan Meadows Corporate Park in 2024, according to Uniland Development Company, the building's developer.
Highgate's expanded Amherst office offers a point of comparison, though Catholic Health's Northtowns plans remain considerably earlier in development.
Regulatory Path Still Unclear
Any new health facility construction in New York is governed by the state's Certificate of Need process, according to the New York State Department of Health.
The scale of the proposed investment signals Catholic Health's continued push to reshape how Northtowns residents access primary, cardiac and vascular care. Further details on the project's progress are expected as planning moves forward.
