Sutter Health will spend $1 billion on a new hospital and outpatient complex in Emeryville, California.
The project, which will occupy 12 acres, includes a 200-bed hospital and ambulatory clinics featuring 190 primary and specialty care clinicians. President and CEO Warner Thomas said the project represents one of Sutter's most significant investments over the next decade. “This is a major step in our ambulatory expansion in the Bay Area,” he said.
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The new hospital will be open by 2033 and will replace acute care services at Sutter’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center. Alta Bates will be converted into an outpatient facility with an ambulatory surgery center and urgent care clinic.
Alta Bates would need a major renovation to comply with the 2030 retrofit deadline required under California’s seismic safety standards, and outpatient services are not subject to those requirements, a spokesperson for Sacramento, California-based Sutter said.
The project is part of Sutter Health’s recent expansion plans, which also include an $800 million ambulatory hub in Santa Clara, California.
The new hospital will offer labor and delivery services, neonatal intensive care, an intensive care unit, emergency services, imaging and operating rooms.
The outpatient component, set to open in 2028, will feature a range of services including neuroscience, rheumatology, pulmonary, dermatology, non-chemotherapy infusion, orthopedic, pediatric and urgent care.
