Kaiser Proposes Medical Office

COMMUNITY NEWS Kaiser Proposes Medical Office

Capitola Mayor Yvette Brooks will talk May 11 with Sam Bajaj, executive director of Kaiser Permanente, about the healthcare provider’s plan to move into a yet-to-be-built four-story 160,000 square-foot medical office with 300-350 staff on-site and parking for 720 cars about a half-mile from the Capitola city limit.

The building is proposed by PMB, formerly Pacific Medical Buildings, a San Diego real estate firm specializing in medical centers and senior living, with Kaiser to be the tenant.

The developer aims to start construction this year.

The 4.98-acre site is at 5940 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz, and has been used to store towed cars. The parcel number is 029-021-47.

It’s on a two-lane frontage road that’s lacking sidewalks and bike lanes — and often used as a shortcut when traffic is jammed on the adjacent Highway 1.

A study is under way to assess how to manage the traffic, which could mean traffic lights or other mitigations.

The proposed project is for 160,000 sqft with 720 parking spaces. Stephanie Hansen is the County contact for this project: Stephanie.Hansen@santacruzcounty.us

Here is what I pulled off the County’s website in regards to this development:

The building is proposed for specialty outpatient services. It would not be a hospital with an emergency department.

Services may include advanced medical and urgent care clinics, and outpatient surgery facilities, support services for urgent care and outpatient surgery including pharmacy, laboratory, imaging facilities, primary care, women’s health, pediatric health, optometry, hearing, vision essentials, neurology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology/oncology, infectious diseases, rheumatology, nephrology, pulmonology, sleep lab, orthopedics, podiatry, pain medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation dermatology, health education, telehealth, cafe, and administrative office spaces.

According to information provided to the county, the building would be open to the public from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., but urgent care and ancillary functions would operate continuously, without closing.

The proposed project would include a four-story parking garage with five levels of parking, 47 charging stations for electric vehicles, and bike lockers.

A new driveway would be constructed from Soquel Avenue circling from the medical office and parking garage along with sidewalks.

The city of Santa Cruz provides water at this location.

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