Kaiser Permanente plans to rebuild its 50-year old hospital in South San Jose and city officials call it a “win-win” for residents.
The San Jose Planning Commission earlier this month unanimously approved Kaiser’s plans to more-than double the size of its Medical Center on 250 Hospital Parkway. The Kaiser-financed project would demolish the existing 250,000-square-foot hospital and transform it into a 685,000-square-foot hospital with a five-story parking lot. The hospital would also increase the number of beds in the emergency department from 247 to 303. If approved by the City Council, construction is expected to begin later this year and take approximately five years.
“Kaiser Permanente intends to replace its existing hospital in San Jose with a new state-of-the-art facility to meet current seismic standards, marking the beginning of a major and unprecedented expansion of medical services that will greatly boost the well-being of patients and members in the community,” a Kaiser spokesperson told San José Spotlight.