SAN JOSE — A well being care titan is eyeing main new medical services and a giant revamp of an present hospital advanced in San Jose, in keeping with plans which were submitted to metropolis officers.
Good Samaritan Hospital, which operates a giant medical heart in southwest San Jose, has proposed wide-ranging modifications at its campus on Samaritan Drive, a really preliminary proposal on file with town exhibits.
The event and renovation efforts would happen on parcels with addresses of 2425 and 2333 Samaritan Drive, a hospital campus that's close to the interchange of state routes 17 and 85.
The hospital, whose proprietor is Tennessee-based HCA Healthcare, desires so as to add 915,000 sq. toes of latest hospital services in addition to undertake a “website overhaul” of the prevailing hospital that totals 450,700 sq. toes, the preliminary plans present.
The revamp of the prevailing Good Sam hospital would come with a “seismic improve” to adjust to state earthquake rules, in keeping with town paperwork.
“Our latest outreach with regulatory and neighborhood leaders is an preliminary step for us to study what’s attainable to, probably, improve campus sustainability and improve affected person expertise as we adjust to the seismic mandate,” Good Samaritan stated in feedback emailed to this information group.
Preliminary proposals are sometimes filed with town of San Jose to gauge the response of residents, neighborhood teams, municipal political leaders and planning staffers to a growth or renovation idea.
Preliminary plans will be revised considerably relying on the early-stage reactions.
The event of latest medical services would happen by “phased additions,” in keeping with the planning proposal.
The prevailing principal hospital advanced is at 2425 Good Samaritan and occupies 13.2 acres, in keeping with Santa Clara County actual property data.
The Good Sam campus additionally features a massive floor car parking zone on an adjoining website totaling 5.9 acres at 2333 Good Samaritan Drive, the county paperwork present. The car parking zone is on the east facet of the prevailing hospital.
It wasn’t clear from the preliminary proposal the place the phased new medical services can be developed, though the floor car parking zone would look like a candidate for brand new development.
Floor parking additionally exists on the west facet of the prevailing hospital.
The timing to probably develop new hospital services and renovate the prevailing hospital wasn’t disclosed within the preliminary proposal.
“That is early within the course of as we're studying extra about zoning and regulatory necessities,” Good Samaritan stated within the emailed feedback. “It's beneficial to obtain preliminary suggestions from our neighbors to tell our proposals.”