Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has broken ground on a new hospital tower at Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center in Clackamas, Ore.
The seven-story, 615,000-square-foot tower is slated to open in 2029 and will be Oregon’s first fully electric hospital, according to an April 2 health system news release. Kaiser Permanente did not disclose the project cost, stating it does not typically release cost details until after construction is complete.
The facility is also targeting LEED Gold certification and will become Kaiser Permanente’s 87th LEED-certified building.
Features will include private patient rooms; in-room telemedicine capabilities, advanced robotics and image-guided surgical equipment; expanded emergency department capacity to reduce wait times; and green spaces, walking paths and healing gardens.
Sunnyside Medical Center opened in 1975. Once the new tower opens, the existing hospital building will be replaced with additional parking, walkways and outdoor spaces, according to Kaiser Permanente.
