SAN FRANCISCO | 1101 Van Ness Avenue (CPMC Van Ness Campus) | 226 FT | 12 FLOORS
 

In accordance with a California law mandating earthquake resistance of all hospitals by 2013, California Pacific Medical Center has been planning a new LEED Silver-rated hospital that conforms to the law. It has purchased property for the project taking up the block bounded by Van Ness Ave., Geary Blvd., Post St. and Franklin St., currently (and for decades) occupied by the Cathedral Hill (formerly Jack Tar) Hotel.

The Jack Tar Hotel
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Source: http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2009/0...s_done.php?o=1

The new hospital will be 290' tall and have 555 beds. Designed by SmithGroup, it is estimated to cost $1.7 billion.

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Source: http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2009/0...in_5_years.php

Across Van Ness Ave. at this site:

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Source: http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2009/0...in_5_years.php

will be a new medical office complex connected to the hospital by a tunnel under Van Ness Ave. (in at least some versions of the proposal):

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Source: http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2009/0...in_5_years.php

The Cathedral Hill Hotel is scheduled to close for good on October 31 of this year (2009) so that demolition and construction of the new project can begin. The new hospital is planned to open in late 2014 or early 2015.

More new and details on this project...
 

Any more news and details on this project?

The links to renderings that BT posted are now broken, so I thought I'd add some new ones.

http://rebuildcpmc.org/plans/viewfromVanNessPost.jpg

http://rebuildcpmc.org/images/vannes...om_CedarSt.jpg

This is the smaller office building across the street:
http://rebuildcpmc.org/images/vannes...Ness_Geary.jpg

http://rebuildcpmc.org/images/vannes...rial_view2.jpg

http://rebuildcpmc.org/images/vannes...Ness_Geary.jpg

http://rebuildcpmc.org/images/vannes...nklinGeary.jpg

http://rebuildcpmc.org/images/vannes...nklin_Post.jpg

All images sourced from: Rebuild CPMC website.

I believe the final EIR is in development. I know the draft EIR was discussed by the Planning Commission in September and there was public comment in March. They are supposed to be back on the Planning agenda in May and June. I assume those are to finalize and approve the EIR, then it's on the BOS.

Great! Thank you. This looks nice. What is the cross street with Van Ness?

You're welcome! It's the block between Geary and Post.

Hmm interesting. I like the glass. It looks nice...

:yes:

Thanks for the updated renderings. Looks great!

looks gorgeous!

Didn't realize this was happening, but the smaller medical office building (see the old rendering above) underwent design changes based on input from the Planning Commission.

From the SF Business Times:

I've tried several times to post the rendering but it just won't work. So go here to check it out:
http://assets.bizjournals.com/sanfra...OB*900.jpg?v=1

Compared to the original, I'd say this is a big step backward. However, if the hospital gets approved I can live with this new design for the smaller office building.

:previous: Here you go

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I very much prefer the previous design. Oh well.

Oh neat, another utterly boring design.

Yep, pretty disappointing. Thanks ElDuderino!

Horrible. Shame on the Planning Commissioners for their decision. The original designs were beautiful.

Yep, this is the mother of all muck-ups. I now hope the project doesn't go forward at all. This design does nothing for Van Ness, nothing for the city, and there are controversies about the need for a hospital there at all. Thumbs down.

While this is a dumb change, keep in mind this is just the office building across the street. Doesn't mean the much larger hospital will undergo a similar design change. If the hospital looks like the renderings we've seen for it so far, I'll be happy even with this thing across the street. Now if it gets the same treatment, I'm right there with you.

Also, folks should keep in mind that the new design isn't just from design input from the Planning Commission, or at least we can't say that for sure. The pic at the very beginning of this thread was a very conceptual rendering, and not some kind of ready-to-go plan that was then changed by Planning.

I think that getting this office building on that corner will be a HUGE plus for the area. That block can get pretty disgusting some days/nights, and the current dilapidated and rundown buildings don't help with that. Adding a nice new building with a ton of doctors and visiting patients will really help during the day, and just cleaning up the surroundings should help at night.

Here's an idea: just tear down all of Van Ness and start over. Oh and the planning commission can go fist themselves.

Cathedral Hill Hospital Project in Jeopardy
 

The degree to which CMPC has been stymied by City politics is unreal.

Lets be clear about what's going on... and remember this is taking place in the midst of a devastating economic recession.

With the mega exception of the $6+billion new Bay Bridge, the CMPC Catherdral Hill hospital complex is/was to be the biggest construction project in the State of California. (The LAX terminal expansion is #3 at $1.5 billion.. for a sense of scale: see 2010 list here [URL="http://california.construction.com/california_top_lists_construction_firms/2010/TopProjects/001-100.asp"])

CMPC has had its $1.7 (now $2.5+) billion dollar state-of-the-art medical center project ready to go for nearly 10 years now in anticipation of the 2015 State of California seismic deadline. We now know for certain that date will not be met and CMPC must seek an extension from the state that will add at least $150 million to the project.

The delays are a direct result of actions taken by thepolitical class that runs local government and views CMPC as the last great cash cow. Its astonishing to think they are publically demanding nearly $2 billion -yes, billion - in 'concessions' before allowing the project to proceed. (see:
[URL="http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/print-edition/2011/06/24/city-demands-threaten-cpmcs-cathedral.html?page=2"]

Nobody talks about it openly, but the Van Ness Project is in real jepoardy.

One has to wonder: Does the San Francisco politic think CMPC/SutterHealth would assemble a mutli-billion dollar project without also having a viable backup plan? Do they assume CMPC's new medical center must be sited within The City & County of San Francisco for it to serve the community?

Daly City hasn't.

Can you picture a gleaming new medical center with an address of say... One John Daly Blvd. ("top of the hill!") or perhaps a sprawling hillside medical campus with panoramic views of the bay and room to grow - located where "San Francisco's" Drive-In theater used to be?

Hmmmmm....

Finally, some good news. From The Examiner:

Sounds like they've pretty much come to an agreement on the shakedown CPMC will have to pay the city.

That is great news! Thanks Peanut Gallery. Is that the most up to date rendering? If so, it looks a lot better than the last tweak we saw -- much closer to the original design.

Actually, I think that might be the original design. Sure looks like it to me. I'd guess that the Examiner just picked up the older version.

I wish the city did as well.

This passed a major hurdle tonight. If all goes well, it should break ground this summer. :tup:

Source and article: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranci....html?page=all

About freaking time!

Right?! Too much damn red tape in this town.

Btw, there is a pretty nice animation of the development here.

Here's a little more detail on the deal, from SFGate:

The article has other details as well. BTW, the $1.1B figure mentioned above (I've also seen $2.5B; what's an extra billion among friends?) includes economic impact from construction.

As long as the city was going to put the squeeze on them, I'm glad they included funding for Muni, which I assume is for Van Ness BRT, and streetscape improvements. Hopefully the later is enough to improve more than the block in front of the hospital. Van Ness has the potential to be a really good boulevard.

Key details from the Chronicle article:

*555-bed hospital built on Van Ness
*9 story office building on the same block

I'm not sure this is still going to be 295 ft. tall going by this rendering from the Chron:

http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/20...0101331969.jpg

As of this December 2011 fact sheet, it was supposed to be 265 feet.

http://rebuildcpmc.org/assets/VNGFac...Dec11ADAC2.pdf

That's plenty recent. I hadn't noticed before, but it does look much shorter than 290'. Maybe a mod can fix the thread title.

One approval down, a couple more to go
 

S.F. gives OK for CPMC to start getting permits
Stephanie M. Lee
Friday, April 6, 2012

Planning approved the EIR today 5-1.

And on Wednesday, SocketSite reported that CPMC has already filed for the demolition permit.

By the way, that SFGate article mentions that the hospital will be 15 stories and 875,000 square feet.

Confirmed the tower will be 265 ft. tall:

Unfortunately, the deal has hit a snag
 

But, I can't imagine this will remain unresolved for too long; there's simply too much at stake:

http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2...two-hospitals/

I wonder how the reduction from 555 beds to 274 beds would affect the size and height of the building.

It has actually been reduced from 555 to 304 beds, according to this revision in the SF Business Times.

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranci...Nrolc&page=all

^^^It's 274 beds initially, and they have the option to add 30 more if St. Luke's is operating at at least 75% capacity a year after it opens.

this whole thing is a tragic joke. i pray that CPMC/sutter health has actually calculated demand for hospital beds in the city and these new greatly reduced numbers meet that demand. otherwise this is just two-bit politicians playing political games with the health of everyone in the city.

yes. hospitals are big business. but all they're accomplishing by adding layers and layers of fees and constraints is INCREASING the cost of health care, when they should be doing exactly the opposite.

if CPMC had built the SOM design from 2003ish the hospital would be finished and operational and massive amounts of money would have been saved.

What a fucking joke. This is why I have no hope for development in this city.

This was finally and officially approved yesterday. From the SF Business Times:

Is there any ground floor retail planned for either of these? If not I would be sad that we lost so much on Van Ness and Geary.

How could we loose what we never had? This will be a vast improvement over what is there now and will also restore the street line on Van Ness. Remember too that the medical office building will be built across the street, which will remove two blighted buildings at the NE corner of Van Ness and Geary. CPMC's core business has nothing to do with retail (except for medical center gift and sports medicine shops) and everything to do with operating a world class medical center.

It will be great to have the street line back on the west side of Van Ness, it's terrible the way it is now. I'm referring to the east side of Van Ness where there used to be a 24 hour doughnut shop, a furniture store, a Peruvian restaurant and Geary where there was a couple bars. I'm sure street level will look nicer when these buildings are finished, but Van Ness is becoming more and more auto-oriented as pedestrians have fewer reasons to go there.

Got it. The last couple of times I've walked up or down Van Ness between California and Civic Center, I've found it to be consistently filthy, with fewer enticements for going there. I agree.

Interior demolition started in September, and the ceremonial groundbreaking was held last week and demolition is expected to take until April 2014.

Then excavation and shoring is expected to take the rest of 2014 and the project will finish in 2019 (!) according to the milestone schedule:

http://rebuildcpmc.org/construction-updates

Weekend of 11/30:

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I was able to drive through the area earlier today, though not enough time to take any pictures. Demolition seems to still be progressing at a steady pace and looks pretty similar to what is pictured above. I'm still fairly surprised this whole thing was able to go through, and I'm glad because I certainly won't miss what was there despite its history.

4 months
 

Drilling has started at the southwest corner (Geary @ Franklin) of the site.

[IMG]https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2918/...07b7e1cd_c.jpgCPMC drilling by viewguysf, on Flickr[/IMG]

Here is that area on FEB 21st:

[IMG]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5488/...a65a7597_c.jpgCathedral Hill Hotel demo SW by viewguysf, on Flickr[/IMG]

The same comparison for the southeast section (Geary @ Van Ness):

[IMG]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5480/...03b30024_c.jpgCPMC by viewguysf, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5587/...3e39df31_c.jpgCathedral Hill Hotel demo SE by viewguysf, on Flickr[/IMG]

Here's the mess across Van Ness and going down Geary that will soon be demolished to make way for the medical office building.

[IMG]https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2912/...21bea5d1_c.jpgCPMC Medical Office Bldg Site by viewguysf, on Flickr[/IMG]

socketsite has a current shot of the site:

http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content...on-7-10-14.jpg

It looks like they have reached bottom with excavation. Seemed to go pretty quickly, but the site is at varying grades, so probably easier to dig out than the size of the site would suggest.

Malcom is on-site with drill rigs (presumably for caissons) and cement mixers. This should be in full swing before we know it and will likely be a lot of cranes. :notacrook: