The 113,000-square-foot facility will include urgent care, outpatient surgery and chemotherapy services, with construction expected to begin early next year.
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The 113,000-square-foot facility will include urgent care, outpatient surgery and chemotherapy services, with construction expected to begin early next year.
REDLANDS, Calif. — Kaiser Permanente has received approval for the first new building in its planned Redlands medical campus expansion, moving the project another step closer to construction.
The Redlands Planning Commission unanimously approved plans Tuesday, Aug. 25, for a three-story, 113,000-square-foot medical office and ambulatory surgery center at Kaiser's existing campus at 1301 California St.
Kaiser representatives told commissioners they are already preparing construction documents and expect to submit for a building permit in October. Construction is expected to begin in early 2027, with completion anticipated in the fourth quarter of 2029.
The approval marks the first phase of Kaiser's much larger expansion of its Redlands campus. The City Council approved the master development plan in April, establishing the framework for four phases of development that ultimately include a hospital, another medical office building and an expansion of the future hospital.
Tuesday's approval focused specifically on the site plan, landscaping and architectural design of the first building.
The new facility, known as Medical Office Building/Ambulatory Surgery Center 2, will provide outpatient services with no overnight stays.
The first floor is planned to include an urgent care center, diagnostic imaging, laboratory services and medical offices. The second floor would include clinics and infusion and chemotherapy treatment, while the third floor would include outpatient surgery, procedure and recovery areas and additional offices.
The facility is expected to operate from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and employ slightly more than 200 people per shift.
Kaiser representative Deborah Wong told commissioners the ambulatory surgery center will include six operating rooms, allowing patients undergoing surgeries that do not require a hospital stay to receive care in Redlands rather than traveling to Kaiser medical centers in Ontario or Fontana.
“We're very excited about bringing this project forward,” Wong said, adding that Kaiser's existing Redlands medical office is already heavily used.
The approved building is smaller than the first phase envisioned when the master development plan was approved earlier this year.
The original plan contemplated a four-story, approximately 165,000-square-foot building. The approved version has three stories and 113,000 square feet.
Wong told commissioners the building was “right sized” for Kaiser's current needs. Some of the original plan consisted of unfinished shell space, she said, and Kaiser intends to shift the unused development capacity to a third-phase medical office building planned for the campus.
Plans also include new parking areas, pedestrian walkways, landscaping and solar canopies over portions of the parking lot.
Commissioners expressed support for the project, particularly the addition of urgent care and outpatient services in Redlands.
Vice Chair Emily Elliott said the urgent care facility would “really fill a need” in the city, while other commissioners noted that Kaiser patients currently travel outside Redlands for some services that will eventually be available at the new facility.
No members of the public spoke on the proposal before the commission's unanimous approval.
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