Burke Rehab opens at Simone Dev.’s Hutchinson Metro Center

New york, NY, Burke Rehabilitation expanded its therapy services with the opening of a new site at 1250 Waters Place at Simone Development Companies’ Hutchinson Metro Center in the Bronx. Burke held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on October 18^th to mark the relocation and expansion of services previously provided at 2826 Westchester Ave., another Simone Development property, where Burke had been a tenant since 2007.

Attending the ribbon cutting were Dr. Philip Ozuah, Montefiore president and CEO, and elected officials representing the Bronx, including NYS assembly member Michael Benedetto and NYC council member Marjorie Velazquez. Scott Edelman, Burke’s interim executive director, and Dr. Mooyeon Oh-Park, SVP and chief medical officer, were joined by Montefiore physicians, Burke leadership, and therapists to celebrate the opening.

The new facility more than doubles the size of Burke’s former location and provides over 5,000 s/f of open space, outfitted with the latest technologies. Patient parking is available. The facility offers five private treatment rooms, including a designated occupational therapy area. In addition to physical and occupational therapy, the site provides speech and swallowing therapy. The long-term lease brings Burke Rehabilitation to more than 13,000 s/f on the 6^th and 10^th floors of Hutchinson Metro Center’s Tower 1.

“The new therapy space at Hutch Metro will allow us to continue to provide excellent multidisciplinary rehabilitative care in a more spacious and comfortable environment,” said site supervisor Jonathan Mroz.

“We have added several new pieces of equipment which will be utilized in providing rehabilitation for our growing number of neurologically involved patients. This new location will allow Burke to better serve the rehabilitative needs of the Bronx community by providing access to the same exceptional level of care available at our flagship outpatient location in White Plains.”

Some additional features include:

• Two oversized hi-low treatment tables
• Body weight support track system to be used for ambulation, balance, and transfer activities
• Two sets of high-low parallel bars for balance and gait training activities
• BITS balance system
• RT Xcite – a device that utilizes mild electrical stimulation to engage atrophied muscles

“We are thankful to Burke Rehabilitation for their continued trust in the relationship with Simone Development at the Hutchinson Metro Center and beyond,” said Joseph Simone, president of Simone Development Companies. “The property’s convenient location and Class A amenities make the campus a highly sought-after destination for some of the region’s leading medical, office, educational and retail tenants.”