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Kaiser Westside Medical Center is a hospital in the Tanasbourne neighborhood in Hillsboro in the U.S. state of Oregon. Opened in August 2013 with 126 hospital beds, the Kaiser Permanente facility is planned to later expand to 174 beds. It was designed by Ellerbe Becket Architects and Petersen Kolberg & Associates Architects/Planners. The $220 million hospital includes Kaiser’s Sunset Medical Office that opened in 1987 on the west side of the Portland metropolitan area. ==History== Kaiser-Permanente broke ground on their Sunset Medical Office on in what was then unincorporated Washington County in August 1986.〔 The facility, a two-story brick building designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, was built at a cost of $5.2 million and opened in 1987.〔 The organization originally planned to build a hospital on the site in addition to their medical offices. It dropped those plans in the mid-1990s and sold 35 acres (14 ha) of the site to Trammell Crow Company in 1997 for construction of apartments.〔 In June 2005, Kaiser announced plans to build a 138-bed hospital at the site that had since been annexed by Hillsboro after deciding not to build a hospital in Vancouver, Washington. Kaiser had planned to purchase from sportswear maker Nike near Beaverton for construction of a hospital, but Nike backed out after Beaverton planned to annex Nike's headquarters.〔 Hillsboro earlier rejected proposals by Providence Health & Services to build a new hospital in the Orenco section of the city,〔 with Hillsboro-based Tuality Healthcare opposed to the Providence plan due to the proximity to its Tuality Hospital (the only hospital in the city), in downtown Hillsboro. However, Tuality was not opposed to Kaiser's hospital proposal, as it did not view the health maintenance organization's hospital as a direct competitor.〔 The original plans in Hillsboro called for a $285 million facility on which construction would have begun in fall 2006, with opening in spring 2009.〔 Once completed, the first phase was to have of space, and would grow from an initial 138 beds.〔 The main hospital building, two parking garages, a medical office building, and a hospital support building were to be part of the first phase of construction, with additional buildings and hospital beds to be added later to bring the total size of the campus to .〔 The city rejected the initial design plans as too industrial in design and did not grant a request to allow for structures over in height.〔 Hillsboro’s planning commission approved a revised plan in November 2005 that included one building planned to be tall along with aesthetic improvements to the campus, and the city council approved the plans the following month. Kaiser would also be responsible for some infrastructure improvements in the Tanasbourne area to mitigate the increased traffic generated by the hospital complex.〔 In 2006, competitors Legacy Health Systems and Providence, who both operate hospital networks in the Portland metropolitan area, opposed the project and attempted to have the state not issue a certificate of need required to build a hospital in Oregon. After public hearings and arguments by both sides, Kaiser was issued the certificate of need in January 2007, but pushed back the opening to 2010. In September 2007, Kaiser decided to review its plans for the project and put the hospital on hold. Kaiser worked to redesign the hospital and in September 2008 announced that construction of the facility would begin in 2009.〔 The new design called for an initial 121 beds and grow to 174 at an estimated cost of $285 million. Hillsboro approved the new plans for a smaller hospital in February 2009, with Kaiser to begin construction in June 2009. The new plans would have the $242 million hospital open in 2013 with 126 hospital beds on a campus of , with full build out on the site to be completed by 2040.〔 On June 17, 2009, construction began with a groundbreaking ceremony attended by local dignitaries including Hillsboro mayor Jerry Willey and Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski. After excavation during the summer, construction of the steel and concrete frame began in 2010.〔 As of August 2010, completion was scheduled for spring 2012, with construction costs totaling $220 million out of a total cost of $360 million.〔〔 Kaiser announced in April 2012 that construction would end in summer 2012 and the hospital would open in August 2013 at a cost of $344 million. The facility held open houses in May 2013 and set the opening date as August 6, 2013. In May 2013, the hospital was certified as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold building. The hospital opened on August 6, 2013. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kaiser Westside Medical Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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