Upper Darby School District has finalized its acquisition of the shuttered Delaware County Memorial Hospital. According to an asset purchase stipulation filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court earlier this month, Upper Darby School District agreed to pay $600,000 to California-based Prospect Medical for the 66,000-square-foot hospital building and two other structures on the campus, which was part of the now-defunct Crozer Health system. The deal also converts millions of dollars in Prospect Medical property tax obligations into unsecured debt. The hospital, closed by Crozer Health nearly three years ago, sits on a 7.7-acre lot at Lansdowne and Keystone avenues in Drexel Hill, about a quarter-mile from Upper Darby High School. The school district plans to tear down the main hospital building, an adjacent medical office building and a parking garage on the property, then repurpose the site for future educational needs.
Source: Philadelphia Business Journal; 8/18/2025