February 13, 2026- Novant Health’s board of trustees has approved construction plans to launch the healthcare infrastructure needed to meet the Wilmington region’s needs for decades to come. The approval supports the master facility plan for Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center, empowering a vision for the future supported by facility and physician leaders. This vision will augment clinical care and improve the healthcare landscape in New Hanover County.
The plan includes a new heart and vascular patient tower at New Hanover’s South 17th Street campus, a major outpatient services expansion for heart and vascular care, a new physical rehabilitation hospital that will nearly double capacity, and improvements to reconfigure two floors of New Hanover Regional Medical Center to boost access to care.