Riverside OK’s new hospital, huge healthcare center near Moreno Valley
The project, which
* A 280-bed, five-story hospital with a penthouse
* Five medical office buildings ranging from 40,000 to 100,000 square feet
* A 234-unit, three-story senior housing facility
* A 290-bed, three-story independent living/memory care, assisted living, and skilled nursing facility
* Two four-level parking structures.
The project would alleviate the shortage of doctors in the area and help the local economy, said the heads of several local chambers of commerce who supported the project.
"We couldn't endorse this project more," said
Roth also submitted a letter noting that, while
However, the
Many of the group's objections relate to traffic, which they note was analyzed based on a projected 2016 opening and could be outdated.
The project is projected to generate more than 18,500 average daily traffic trips, the group said.
"This represents nearly one-third of the vehicular traffic projected to be generated by the entire
Gonzalez also expressed concerns about the project's impacts on nearby homes and potential health effects on patients of being so close to the 215 and 60 Freeways and 1.6 miles from March Air Reserve Base.
The developers replied that the project is more likely to reduce total traffic. Building a hospital doesn't increase the need for medical care, so it will allow locals to drive to a nearby health campus instead of traveling farther on congested highways to get to other hospitals, said
City Councilman
"I was honestly surprised to hear the opposition to this project and the backhanded suggestion that warehouses are better than medical care," Gardner said. "I do not understand that. These are good jobs that will not get automated and disappear as warehousing and logistics jobs will."
In addition to construction jobs, the project once complete is expected to generate 2,540 jobs with an average wage of
TDA is a real estate investment manager that has been active in
ABOUT THE PROJECT
First phase (About 15 months of construction): 234-unit senior housing facility, about 375,000 square feet and three stories, 290-bed independent living/memory care, assisted living and skilled nursing facility, about 310,200 square feet and three stories
Second phase (About 40 months of construction): 180-bed initial phase of the hospital building, which will be 324,000 square-foot and five stories. It will include: central energy plant, medical office building, four-level parking structure
Third phase (About 15 months of construction): Two medical office buildings
Fourth phase (About 32 months of construction): Medical office building, second four-level parking structure
Fifth phase (About 28 months of construction): Second phase of hospital building, consisting of 100 beds within an approximately 180,000 square-foot, five-story hospital, possible helipad on hospital building's top floor.
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