AdventHealth outlines 43-acre hospital and MOB at Baseline; staff flags parking and cemetery access issues
Loading...
Summary
AdventHealth and its design team presented a conceptual hospital and medical office campus on 43 acres in Baseline. The applicant says cemetery access will be preserved and the campus will include geothermal energy; staff noted parking, setbacks and PUD variances could be key issues as the project advances.
AdventHealth and its development team presented a concept for a medical campus on the southwest corner of I-25 and Colorado 7 in Baseline, describing a multi-building campus that staff says aligns with the NorthPark PUD land-use designation but will need further review on parking, setbacks and access.
Brett Spence, senior executive officer for AdventHealth Rocky Mountain Region, said AdventHealth is "under contract on the land, capital is allocated, and our project team is fully in place." He said the proposal is intended to keep more care in Broomfield and to create more than 600 long-term local jobs, with construction expected to begin later this year and an SDP submittal targeted for April 1.
Design lead Afsani McCooey (SmithGroup) said the conceptual campus is about 43 acres and that, on day one, the team anticipates a roughly 420,000-square-foot hospital with 150 beds and an 80,000-square-foot medical office building; staff earlier described the conceptual range as "approximately 500,000 square feet plus or minus." The applicant emphasized sustainability features, including a geothermal system the team estimates could cut hospital energy consumption by about 30 percent.
Staff and applicants acknowledged an existing cemetery on the south side of the site and said access will be maintained. "While the existing cemetery access will change, access will not be eliminated," the applicant said, promising permanent access after the Huron Street relocation and temporary access during construction.
Staff highlighted other project details that will need refinement: the NorthPark PUD establishes parking ratios for hospitals based on bed counts, but because beds were not finalized staff flagged possible parking deviations; the applicant said the conceptual plan shows roughly 774 spaces and that it will not seek a variance at this time. Staff also noted notice requirements were met and the applicant had held a neighborhood meeting with three residents in attendance.
Council and members of advisory commissions asked about LEED certification, snow management for a north-facing main entry, helipad setbacks and coordination with CDOT, and the sequencing of retail and infrastructure (Huron relocation) that the developer said the project would trigger. The applicant and Real Berry (the master developer) described the project as catalytic for Trailmark West and broader Baseline infrastructure, and said they are coordinating closely with CDOT and the city on Huron alignment and future diverging-diamond designs.
What's next: this was a concept review only; the applicant may submit a formal development application that will be reviewed through the design-review and PUD processes and will include required neighborhood meetings, site development plans and any requested deviations or PUD amendments.
