UVA Health Buys Former State Farm Site for $37.7M

The Pantops property will be converted into an outpatient health care destination.

Updated on Nov. 4, 2026 in Healthcare

Wide view of a long, low modern office-campus building of pale stone and dark glass on a green lawn with oak trees and a parking lot. — UVA Health agreed to buy a 55-acre former State Farm site on Pantops in Charlottesville for $37.7 million to convert it into an outpatient health care destination. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

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UVA Health acquired a 55-acre former State Farm site on Pantops for $37.7 million, including a 365,000-square-foot building. The facility will be repurposed as an outpatient health care destination.

Why it matters

Moving outpatient services from the main hospital would free up inpatient hospital beds in Charlottesville. The site has been largely vacant since before the pandemic, so the purchase puts the property back into health care use.

UVA Health is paying $37.7 million for the 55-acre parcel and building, which includes 1,200 surface parking spaces. The UVA Major Capital Plan allocates $155 million for the outpatient clinic, but the final plan for the site is still pending.

The players

UVA Health

The health system of the University of Virginia, which operates the main hospital in Charlottesville and is acquiring the Pantops site for outpatient services.

State Farm

The insurance company that previously operated a claims center at the Pantops site for years before the property became largely vacant.

The details

The 55-acre parcel on State Farm Boulevard previously housed an insurance company claims center. UVA Health will retrofit the existing building to accommodate outpatient and ambulatory services, and a master plan for the site will be developed over the next six months.

Owners paid $322,947 in 2025 real property taxes to Albemarle County.
UVA Board of Visitors learned of the purchase on October 29.
A master plan for the Pantops site will be developed over the next six months.

Healthcare Expansion

The purchase is a concrete step under UVA Health's Major Capital Plan, which allocates $155 million for an outpatient clinic. Shifting outpatient care off the main hospital campus is a pattern that frees inpatient beds in a constrained urban health system.

Residents in the Pantops area may see outpatient services relocate from the main hospital over time. The site's conversion will change traffic and parking patterns on State Farm Boulevard as the master plan takes shape.

The takeaway

Converting large vacant commercial sites into outpatient care can ease pressure on crowded hospital campuses. Watch the forthcoming master plan for details on traffic and parking changes.