Preliminary design for MAPS restoration center presented; project estimated at about $18.5 million
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Architects presented preliminary plans for a mental‑health and substance‑use restoration center that would house a 24‑hour urgent recovery area and a 16‑bed crisis stabilization unit; the team estimates the project will cost about $18.5 million and move to the next design phase in January.
MAPS program staff and architects presented a preliminary design for a restoration center intended to provide crisis, detox and outpatient services.
David Todd, MAPS program manager, introduced the project and Dan Hayes of AHMM Architects summarized the site plan for a parcel on Linwood Diagonal. Hayes said the team reduced initial space estimates to about 34,000 square feet while keeping key program elements. “This is the location of the site…we managed to reduce the square footage down to about 34,000 square foot for the project,” he said.
Hayes described two distinct entrances—one for outpatients and a discreet north‑side drop‑off for first responders—plus a 24‑hour Urgent Recovery Center (URC) designed for stays up to 24 hours and a crisis stabilization unit with 16 beds and a maximum seven‑day stay. The design emphasizes natural light, an interior courtyard and sight lines from a central nurses’ station to bedrooms and bathrooms.
The team reported a total project budget of just over $18.5 million and said its estimate currently tracks under that number. Hayes said schematic work (Class 1) was completed in October and that, if approved, the project would move into the next task in January with a roughly 120‑day schedule for the following phase.
Council members asked how supportive or transitional housing on the site would be structured; project staff said operator selection will drive whether housing is temporary (transitional) or long‑term (permanent supportive housing) and that operator negotiations are ongoing. “Those those are all terms that that I'm not real well versed in, but I can tell you that some of it needs to be temporary so that people coming out of this restoration center have a place to go,” Hayes said.
Provenance: MAPS restoration center preliminary report and architect presentation.