By Fay Harvey
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — National healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente is expanding its specialty care presence in Sacramento’s downtown area with the recent groundbreaking of a new state-of-the-art, all-electric hospital.
Located on an 18-acre site, the 1.2 million-square-foot Kaiser Permanente Railyards Campus will be home to a full-service hospital, offices for outpatient medical services, maternity care and more. As one of few all-electric hospitals in the state, the facility will feature solar energy, electric vehicle charging stations, drought-tolerant landscaping and low-emitting construction materials to maintain a low carbon footprint.
“This new facility will bring essential medical services to the city’s core for the first time,” said Jay Robinson, senior vice president and area manager of Kaiser Permanente Sacramento, in a statement. “Breaking ground on our future medical center today will have a transformative effect on downtown Sacramento’s economic vitality and provide our members and patients greater access to high-quality care and service for generations to come.”
A center for healing and cutting-edge technology, the heart of the campus is an 8-story, 662,050-square-foot hospital building with a plethora of services for primary and specialty care. Designed by San Francisco-based architect SmithGroup, the facility will include 310 beds within private rooms alongside a 70-treatment-bay emergency room. In addition, the hospital will house 14 operating rooms, both an intensive care unit and neonatal intensive care unit, and a labor and delivery postpartum care area. National firm Hensel Phelps will lead construction on the project.
On the hospital’s wing is a five-story, 173,000-square-foot medical office building with 66 exam rooms, a laboratory, pharmacy, and center for imaging and diagnostic services. Kaiser Permanente’s Advanced Neuroscience Center will also be onsite for patients managing neurological diseases and complex conditions of the brain, spine and peripheral nervous system. For convenience, a seven-story, 1,500-spot parking structure is available for visitors and staff.
“This facility will provide our patients and members with more services under one roof, supported by a modern facility with enhanced amenities, and the latest technology to help us deliver world-class care,” said Rick Vitangco, physician in chief of Kaiser Permanente Sacramento, in a statement.
Slated for completion in 2027, the Railyards Campus will add to the healthcare company’s established Sacramento network. Almost one million Greater Sacramento residents use Kaiser Permanente care and the present facilities, including the South Sacramento Medical Center Level II trauma center, the nationally recognized Comprehensive Stroke Center, the Kaiser Permanente’s Roseville Women and Children’s Center and on-site cancer care centers.
“Kaiser Permanente has been a vital contributor to our city’s well-being and economic health for six decades,” said Kevin McCarty, Sacramento mayor, in a statement. “The new Railyards Medical Center will continue that tradition by expanding essential health care services and supporting the revitalization of downtown.”
