NEWARK — ChristianaCare is planning a new freestanding acute inpatient rehabilitation facility in Newark through a joint venture with The Onix Group.

According to a notice of intent filed this month with the Delaware Health Resources Board, the partnership intends to develop a 92,000-square-foot, three-story facility will include 73 private inpatient rooms, two rehabilitation gyms, space for hemodialysis and traumatic brain injury treatment and outdoor rehabilitation areas.

The project is expected to cost between $62.8 million and $72.2 million with construction slated for completion in 2027 pending state approval.

Known as ChristianaCare Onix IRF, LLC, the new facility will combine 40 existing rehabilitation beds from ChristianaCare’s Center for Rehabilitation at Wilmington Hospital wi

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