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Kaiser Permanente outlines 133,000 sq ft replacement medical office building for Westminster; council flags parking, utilities and trail activation
Summary
Kaiser Permanente presented a concept plan for a 133,000-square-foot replacement and expanded outpatient medical office building in Kaiser North, proposing undergrounding an irrigation ditch and relocating the existing building. Councilors asked for justification for a 4.5 parking spaces-per-1,000 sq ft ratio and urged more detail on utility and
Kaiser Permanente presented a concept plan to Westminster City Council on Aug. 18 for a replacement and expanded medical office building on the Kaiser North property. The applicant described a three‑story, approximately 133,000‑square‑foot outpatient facility to be built on the south parcel, with the existing 97,000‑square‑foot building to be demolished and replaced by surface parking after Phase 1 occupancy.
Curtis Martin, a Kaiser facilities representative, said the replacement would be the largest Kaiser brick‑and‑mortar investment in Colorado in more than a decade and would serve North Metro members from a single, consolidated outpatient campus. Skyler Dennison, director of land use and entitlements for Kaiser’s real‑estate team, said the project would include primary care, pediatrics, OBGYN, ambulatory surgery (same‑day procedures), urgent care, clinical laboratory, imaging and pharmacy services. Dennison said the project could include an ambulatory surgery center and the city’s first ambulatory surgery facility in the North Metro area.
Kaiser proposes to pipe and relocate an irrigation ditch that currently bisects the southern parcel, move a service driveway to West 112th Avenue, and resize an existing basin to handle stormwater. Dennison said the project team is considering mobile imaging units to support the project and that those units would be screened.
Dennison said the project team is proposing a parking ratio of 4.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet—above the city standard of 3.5 per 1,000—to reflect modal demand for outpatient and urgent‑care services and patient turnover. “We know that our effective parking rate is actually 4.35 per thousand,” he said, and noted that urgent‑care traffic and family visits to pediatric appointments can increase vehicle counts. The team also described design elements intended to reduce heat‑island effects and indicated they were evaluating solar carport options over parking.
Staff noted the project appears to be overparked at about 150% of city standards and recommended the applicant consider reductions in surface parking to improve walkability, reduce heat‑island impacts and align with urban design goals. Councilors asked for a parking demand study and for more detailed information on water and sewer capacity, phasing so the existing medical building can remain operational during construction, and possible community amenities along the western property line adjacent to residential neighborhoods.
Kaiser said it hopes to submit formal applications shortly and begin construction in 2026 with occupancy in 2028. The council provided comments during the concept review; no formal approvals were requested Aug. 18.
