WVU Hospitals outlines 4-story Eye Institute, city staff briefed on property swap and access changes

WVU Hospitals project representatives told the Morgantown City Council’s Committee of the Whole on Jan. 28 that they plan to build a new four‑story Eye Institute on the hospital campus, with two clinic floors, an operating‑room level, a research and administrative floor and a parking deck intended to provide roughly 1,000 spaces.

The institute presentation said the hospital will swap a parcel with the Morgantown Building Commission and relocate an access roadway to the northside fire station to accommodate the new building and a pedestrian bridge connecting the institute to the deck. City staff told the committee the change requires approval from the holder of the series 2013 Building Commission lease revenue bonds and council’s sign‑off; a draft ordinance and exhibits to authorize the MOU and related property transfers will be submitted to council agendas for readings in February.

WVU Hospitals project representatives described the building program as two floors of clinics, a third floor with operating rooms to support the eye program, and a fourth floor devoted to research and administrative…