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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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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http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2009/0...in_5_years.php
Across Van Ness Ave. at this site:
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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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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.