Lawmakers enacted legislation that enables Massachusetts to take the land occupied by the under-construction Norwood Hospital by eminent domain, effectively ratcheting up the pressure for the property's owner to make a deal with a new operator before the state flexes its authority to intervene.
Lawmakers send Healey eminent domain bill in bid to revive Norwood HospitalA vestige of the Steward Health Care bankruptcy crisis, Norwood Hospital closed in 2020 due to catastrophic flooding. Construction of a new hospital was stalled as Steward went bankrupt, and the property remains controlled by real estate investment trust Medical Properties Trust.trib.al