The city is now seeking feedback on the hospital’s rezoning application, which would see the block at 900 and 990 West 12th Avenue become the site of two new hospital towers housing a long-term care home, a daycare, a public plaza and more.
An ambitious plan is underway for the expansion of Vancouver General Hospital.
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The project would provide expanded clinical and office space, while consolidating Coastal Health Authority programs that occupy leased spaces spread elsewhere along the Broadway corridor.
It would keep pace with the province’s aging and growing population and the first phase of the project is estimated to cost around $400 million, though that figure “may change as we continue to refine the designed and details,” said the VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation’s senior vice-president, Liza Jerome.
“A tenant relocation plan is currently underway, as the new development will not include any residential units on site,” the application reads.
The lots are zoned for comprehensive development and residential. The hospital foundation is applying to rezone the lot.
The project will be built in phases to allow time for additional fundraising, and to ensure Windermere residents can be moved into a new space before the second phase begins with demolition of the existing, aging care facility.
Phase 1 of the project would add 156,318 square feet of clinical space across 26 storeys for transplant clinics, hematology programs, surgical oncology, seniors’ care, women’s health, complex medicine, cardiac innovation, and diagnostic services.
It would also include 280 long-term care beds.
The province has an estimated deficit of 1,300 long-term-care beds.
The second phase would be a 28-storey building including clinic space, offices, a 3,000-sq.-ft. daycare, and a public atrium along 12th Avenue connecting to a public open plaza.
Retail space would be available at street level, while several levels of parking would be underground.
Vancouver Coastal Health would lease the property from the hospital foundation, with net proceeds going back into health care and other improvements.
The project’s first phase is expected to get underway in 2027 and be completed by 2031.