OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Ideas about what to do with soon-to-be-vacant Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha are emerging as a real estate marketer is looking to sell the property. James Maenner with CB Richard Ellis/Mega Real Estate says no new use for the facility is too far-fetched, including vertical farming.
The facility will be vacated in 2017, after the teaching hospital and trauma center move to the Bergan Mercy Medical Center complex. The firm has listed the 795,000-square-foot medical center and parking stalls.
Creighton vice president for administration John Wilhelm says the university prefers that the facility be repurposed and not demolished. He says they’re open to different concepts and haven’t set a price.
The Omaha World-Herald reports possible uses for the facility include a data center, housing, offices and research space.