Planning commission approves 66,000‑square‑foot East Wing addition at Stanford Healthcare Tri Valley

The Pleasanton Planning Commission unanimously approved design review for a 66,000‑square‑foot, three‑story East Wing addition to Stanford Healthcare Tri Valley, located at 5555 West Las Positas Boulevard.

The addition will expand the hospital campus by creating an enlarged emergency department footprint, space for relocated laboratory, pharmacy and sterile processing functions, and shelf space on the second floor that can be built out later as a 24‑bed nursing unit. Diego (city planning staff) told commissioners the project is within the scope of the site’s original PUD environmental review and that no new CEQA document is required.

Staff said the project is consistent with the site’s general plan designation and the PUD master plan; it will include rooftop mechanical screening and a temporary ambulance canopy during construction. Mino Sastry, interim chief executive officer at Stanford Healthcare Tri Valley, said the expansion would address crowded emergency‑department conditions: “we are proposing a modest expansion, which will provide much needed relief to our emergency department.” Molly Swenson,…