Construction Starts for New Binghamton Fairview Recovery Facility
Work on a long-planned addiction stabilization center has gotten underway in Binghamton.
The new 20-bed three-story facility is being built on the Fairview Recovery Services campus on a hillside overlooking Interstate 81 on Binghamton's East Side.
Agency executive director Patrick Haley said construction on the site began a few weeks ago.
An original part of the agency's site was removed to make room for the new facility. The old Merrick House initially provided 12 beds for women using Fairview Recovery's services more than five decades ago.
The new structure is being built on the southwest corner of the Fairview Recovery campus.
Haley said the total cost of the facility now is estimated to be about $6 million.
Fahs Construction Group of Binghamton is the project's general contract.
The company has indicated it expects construction could be completed by mid-November.
The residential section of the addiction stabilization center will be located on the building's second and third floors. The agency's administrative offices will be moved to the first floor.
The current addiction stabilization facility is at 247 Court Street. That unit will be moved to the East Side site when the building is ready for occupancy.
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