UPDATE (October 14, 2025):
The new Meridian Health Clinic on the Village Premier campus in southeast Fort Wayne is now open. Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker and representatives from Meridian Health Services, House Investments. On Monday, the Northeast Indiana Regional Development Authority cut the ribbon on the clinic at 2020 McKinnie Ave.
Recognized as a vital component of the 2020 Southeast Development Strategy, the new 9,800-square-foot medical clinic offers routine medical care for all ages, integrated health services, treatment of chronic medical conditions, illness visits, routine physicals, vaccinations, wellness visits, therapy and counseling, psychiatry, and more.
“I’m encouraged to see the continued private investment in the Village Premier mixed-use development,” said Mayor Tucker. “I’m happy to welcome Meridian Health Services to this community so that nearby residents now have convenient access to quality, affordable health care for the entire family.”
The City released the following:
The opening of the health clinic marks a significant next step in the Village Premier development project and represents a $4.5 million private investment. The City of Fort Wayne purchased the property in 2010 and demolished the blighted McMillen Park apartments on the site in 2011. The Redevelopment Commission issued a request for proposals to develop the property in late 2020.
A promise kept to the community. The new Meridian Health Clinic on the Village Premier campus in southeast Fort Wayne is now open.Read more: https://bit.ly/48tj5og
Posted by City of Fort Wayne Government on Monday, October 13, 2025
“Our mission is to create healthier communities, and with the help of our partners with the City of Fort Wayne and House Investments, we are doing just that in the opening this unique clinic,” said Seth Warren, president & CEO of Meridian Health Services. “We are happy to expand our footprint in Fort Wayne beyond our Lake Avenue location and look forward to introducing the Southeast Fort Wayne community to the broad spectrum of whole-person health services we provide.”
Meridian Health Services focuses on a “whole-person” healthcare approach and has been providing health care services for nearly 50 years at over 85 locations, with several in the Fort Wayne and Bluffton areas. Annually, Meridian provides more than $3.7 million in charity care and serves more than 77,000 patients throughout Indiana.
Village Premier is a 20-acre development located at the southeast corner of South Anthony Boulevard and McKinnie Avenue. The master developer is House Investments, LLC. The first phase of Village Premier includes Park’s Edge, with 208 affordable apartments, a clubhouse and various on-site amenities. Future phases will include approximately 50 affordable apartments for individuals 55+, market-rate town houses, 12 single-family homes, and an early learning childcare center. Once the project is complete, there will be an anticipated total investment of over $70 million. Park’s Edge and Meridian Health Services were both designed by Fort Wayne-based MKM Architecture + Design.
“We are extremely proud to welcome Meridian Health Services to the Village Premier development and look forward to the health clinic contributing to the vitality and well-being of the entire community,” said Matt Gadus, CEO of House Investments. “At House Investments, our goal is to deliver impactful, community-minded projects, and it is partnerships like this with the City of Fort Wayne and Meridian Health that bring that vision to life.”
Support for Village Premier comes from the City of Fort Wayne’s Redevelopment Commission tax increment financing, and a $6 million state READI grant issued by the Northeast Indiana Regional Development Authority and the Indiana Economic Development Corporation.
Information about the new health clinic can be found online at: www.MeridianHS.org
ORIGINAL STORY:
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (ADAMS) – Meridian Health Services is inviting residents to an open house on October 13 for its newest clinic, 2020 McKinnie Avenue, on the Village Premier campus in Fort Wayne.
Meridian says that its approach to health care includes specializing in the “whole person,” integrating care for the physical, mental, and social health of its patients.
Those services include routine medical care for all ages, integrated health services, treatment of chronic medical conditions, illness visits, therapy and counseling, psychiatry, routine physicals, vaccinations, wellness visits, pharmacy, case management, and more.
The open house runs from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. with a 1 p.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony, which will be attended by Fort Wayne elected officials and neighborhood representatives.
The following was released:
During the open house, residents will have the opportunity to meet the care providers, learn about the services available at the clinic, and enjoy free food.
The Meridian Health Clinic is a vital component of the mixed-use Village Premier campus in southeast Fort Wayne. Meridian Health Services operates several locations in the Fort Wayne and Bluffton areas and has over 85 locations across Indiana serving more than 77,000 patients.
Information about the new health clinic and nearby locations can be found online HERE
Meridian Health Services is a regional, progressive, not-for-profit health care system. Meridian specializes in “whole-person” health by integrating physical, mental and social well-being programs to over 77,000 patients per year. With 87 facilities and offices throughout Indiana, Meridian offers a wide spectrum of health care specialties including primary medical care, pediatrics, pharmacy, internal medicine, inpatient/outpatient psychiatry, obstetrics/gynecology, dental, urgent care, addictions and recovery, children and family programming, behavioral health and human services.
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