CRH still evaluating use of Clarion site

COLUMBUS, Ind. — Columbus Regional Health is continuing with plans to rehabilitate the former Clarion Hotel and Conference Center site on the city’s west-side, but may not use all the acreage for medical buildings.

Kelsey DeClue, hospital spokeswoman, said Monday that hospital officials are continuing to evaluate the 20-acre hotel site near Interstate 65, where demolition and restoration activities continue, as hospital officials also also consider a future use for 800 acres of farmland near Garden City it purchased last year for future expansion.

DeClue said the hospital system, through Southeastern Indiana Medical Holdings, a CRH holding company, purchased the Clarion property first, on July 17, 2017, and then purchased the farm acreage in March 2018.

Please read Tuesday’s edition of The Republic for more details.