Kaiser Plans Northern California Hospitals

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. -
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente Health Plan is planning to spend $375 million on a new 1.2 million-sf hospital and 870,000-sf medical office building in Santa Clara, doubling Kaiser's current Santa Clara facilities.  A new $7-million emergency department will be added to Kaiser's Santa Teresa Hospital in South San Jose, more than tripling its existing 5,000-sf emergency facilities. A hospital in Redwood City is still in the planning stage. Kaiser's new $45-million, 106-bed Fremont hospital, currently in use as an outpatient surgery center and medical office, is slated to open by the end of the year.