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Council approves AdventHealth hospital campus and private helipad at Redtail Ridge
Summary
Louisville Council approved a PUD and special review use to allow a 371,600 sq ft hospital, a 62,000 sq ft medical office building, and a private helipad at 900 Rockcrest Drive. Staff and the applicant said the campus includes 773 parking spaces, expansive landscaping and multimodal connections; approval carried conditions to resolve technical comments before recordation.
Louisville’s City Council on Aug. 4 adopted Resolution 66, Series 2026, approving a planned unit development and special review use to allow construction of a 371,600-square-foot regional hospital and a 62,000-square-foot medical office building on an approximately 39.9-acre parcel at 900 Rockcrest Drive. The approval includes a private helipad intended to support regional patient transport.
Planner Matt Post told the council the phased project includes 773 parking spaces (306 dedicated to the hospital, 467 for the medical office building), pedestrian amenities including a 10-foot shared-use path, and approximately 63% of the site preserved as open landscape. Staff recommended two waivers from street-front planting requirements where an Xcel easement restricts trees; Post said the waivers would reduce about 15–20 street trees behind the sidewalk but that the site would still contain nearly 400 interior trees. “Staff do recommend approval of resolution 66…with conditions,” Post said, noting outstanding technical engineering comments must be addressed prior to recordation.
AdventHealth’s CFO Jonathan Erickson and the design team described the project’s campus amenities, sustainable design measures and the helipad’s intended use. Designer Afsani McCooey highlighted a public “ribbon” pedestrian amenity and patient-facing design to connect indoor spaces with the native landscape. The project team said they expect relatively limited helipad operations—roughly eight flights per month on average, or about 100 per year at the high end—primarily outbound transfers to specialized centers. “This project delivers much more than a new hospital,” McCooey said, describing the campus as a regional health-care destination that also provides open space and trail connections.
Council members asked about bicycle parking, transit access and emergency power; staff said the applicant proposed 20 exterior bicycle spaces at the hospital and 20 at the MOB, with additional employee parking and a private shuttle to be funded through the Redtail Ridge metropolitan district. The motion to approve was moved by Council member Heffner and seconded by Council member Kern; the council voted to approve the resolution with conditions requiring the applicant to resolve remaining staff technical comments and finalize public-improvement cost exhibits prior to recordation.
