The medical provider is currently settling into its new building at 75 E. Third St. The move, spurred by rising demand for services, will happen in a multi-phase process.

The first phase is complete, with physician, behavioral health and dental offices, along with support staff, relocated to the new site. The New York State Department of Health recently certified the facility as fit to serve patients.

Furniture and equipment from the two Chautauqua Center locations on Central Avenue in Dunkirk have been moved and those offices are closed.

Administrative and billing offices will be moved at a later time. The “garden” floor of the new building, where those operations will be located, is still under construction and is expected to be open by July.

Pictured is The Chautauqua Center’s new facility on Third Street in Dunkirk. Photos by M.J. Stafford

Work began on the 37,500-square-foot building in May, on the site of a pavilion area that had turned derelict. The building more than quadruples the center’s available space in Dunkirk.

“Our focus has been on quickly moving our medical offices, patient rooms, and equipment to provide a comfortable setting for our providers, patients, and guests. We will continue to update the community on our process during the coming months,” Chautauqua Center CEO Mike Pease said. “We apologize for any inconvenience this move will cause, as some difficulties happen with any move. In the long run, though, we will be able to provide our patients with a much more comfortable and modern setting. We may even be able to expand our services in the future.”

Pease said in a December interview that the project was originally supposed to cost $5 million, but COVID-19, labor and supply issues meant the price tag was more likely to be about $7.5 million.

The center’s pediatrics offices at 1134 Central Ave., Dunkirk, will remain where they are for the foreseeable future. Also, the new waterfront pharmacy location will open in another phase later this year.

For more information, visit The Chautauqua Center website at www.tcchealth.org or call 716-484-4334 to speak to someone in their centralized call center.