SAN JOSE — Construction of a new state-of-the-art Kaiser Permanente hospital in San Jose is underway following a groundbreaking for an ultra-modern complex to replace its aging medical center nearby.
The hospital is being built at the corner of Hospital Parkway and International Circle on the same Santa Teresa Kaiser campus in south San Jose where the 50-year-old current hospital is located.
“The new hospital is expected to open in the fall of 2029 and will be about 650,000 square feet with up to 300 private patient rooms when fully operational,” according to information that Kaiser Permanente sent to this news organization.
By 2030, the existing hospital was due to be out of compliance with the latest seismic safety standards. The current medical center was built in 1974.
After the new medical center goes into service at 275 Hospital Parkway, Kaiser intends to demolish the existing hospital, which totals 250,000 square feet.
Santa Teresa Boulevard, Cottle Road, Hospital Parkway, International Circle and Camino Verde Drive are the streets that bound the site of the future hospital, plans on file at San Jose City Hall show.
“Hundreds of physicians and thousands of other health-care professionals will employ leading-edge technology to provide high-quality care” in the new hospital, Kaiser stated.
The anticipated 300 beds in the new hospital would be 21% more than the 247-bed total in the existing hospital, according to documents on file with San Jose city planners.
Hospital buildings are increasingly expected to provide certain features as codes and regulations evolve.
Among these new features are taller floor heights, more space for improved beds and mobile equipment, private patient rooms, better natural light and improved lines of sight from nursing stations.
“A healing garden, outdoor seating areas, and an outdoor dining area adjacent to the hospital cafe” are among the other amenities anticipated in the new hospital, a city environmental impact report states.