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Commission approves Providence Mission Hospital Tower 3, with park and emergency department expansion
Summary
The commission approved Planned Development Permit PDP 2024-009 to construct a six-story, 174,020 sq ft Tower 3 at Providence Mission Hospital, add an approximate 2-acre park and an 8,500 sq ft healing garden, and expand the emergency department; staff said the project relies on prior environmental review and recommended approval.
The Planning & Transportation Commission voted to approve Planned Development Permit PDP 2024-009 for Providence Mission Hospital, authorizing construction of a six-story, 174,020-square-foot Tower 3, an approximately 2-acre open-space park, an 8,500-square-foot healing garden and an expanded emergency department at 27700 Medical Center Drive.
Staff presentation described traffic, circulation and parking analyses and said the proposed parking supply (3,424 stalls) would exceed required parking (3,092 stalls) after the expansion. Staff recommended the commission rely on previous environmental documentation (the certified final EIR for the project) and found no need for a subsequent EIR; staff recommended adopting a resolution approving the PDP subject to findings and conditions. Providence CEO Seth Pagan and applicant representatives presented renderings and explained operational benefits: relocating the loading dock to the lower campus to reduce circulation conflicts, creating dedicated first-responder access, and adding green space and a healing garden to improve caregiver and patient experience. Pagan noted "we have 2,700 caregivers, over 1,000 people on the medical staff," and cited high ER volumes as part of the rationale for the ER redesign (applicants said the ER handled about 80,000 visits and 4,500 traumas last year). After questions about grading, hauling (applicants estimated roughly 40,000 cubic yards could be exported) and timing, commissioners moved and voted to approve the PDP.
