‘Move in ready’: Pa. investor looks to hire doctors after buying 2nd Delco hospital

A Delaware County entrepreneur whose team bought one of the county’s recently closed hospitals just bought another one with the goal of bringing more medical services back.

Todd Strine purchased Taylor Hospital in Ridley Park in the fall and as of this week, he is the owner of Springfield Hospital that had closed back in 2022.

“We want to get this place going again. It’s time,” Strine said. “Take a look at this. This is move in ready.”

Strine owns a local ambulance company and with the help of some local investors, he has been restoring Taylor Hospital.

Next, he wants to make a few tweaks at Springfield in order to get doctors back to business and working on patients as soon as possible.

“We are looking for a licensed provider who is going to come in here and start services within months, not years,” he explained. “Delaware County is full of urgent cares but we need next level above urgent care and that’s what we have got here. This place is ready to go right now. There’s no reason we couldn’t be using this basically tomorrow if we put the equipment in.”

Strine and his team bought these hospitals after Prospect Holdings backed out.

He got the county, townships and school districts to cut taxes on the facilities to hopefully help attract medical service providers at a low rent.

“They bought it for pennies on the dollar of what it was worth but there’s still a huge step to getting a system in here functioning and making it work. Anything we can do to help them succeed is going to help the people of Delaware County,” Pa. Sen. Tim Kearney said.