what are they building next to bob evans in elkins wv

It appears they were building the new WVU Medicine / Davis Health facility area in Elkins, not a new addition to Bob Evans itself. A 2024 report says WVU Health planned a 38,000-square-foot “hospital without beds” in Elkins, and by 2026 the nearby project was described as the Railyard Event and Conference Center behind the Rotary Amphitheatre rather than construction right next to Bob Evans.

What’s there

• Bob Evans is at 722 Beverly Pike in Elkins.

• The long-standing medical building next to it was the DirectCare site, which closed in 2023 and had been “next to Bob Evans restaurant.”

• More recently, the big visible construction in Elkins has been tied to the event and conference center and the broader health corridor projects.

Most likely answer

If you’re asking about the construction people notice near Bob Evans, the safest answer is: it’s part of the broader Elkins redevelopment, centered on health care and nearby civic/event projects, not a new Bob Evans expansion.

Local read

• The old DirectCare spot was a familiar landmark for years.

• New construction in that corridor has made it easy for folks to assume everything beside Bob Evans is one project, even when multiple developments are happening close together.

TL;DR: The site next to Bob Evans has been tied to the old DirectCare location and the larger Elkins redevelopment corridor; the newest prominent project nearby is the Railyard Event and Conference Center.