An environmental study published by Los Angeles County offers a closer look at a new master plan for the Los Angeles County General Hospital campus. 

The centerpiece of the property - the 19-story Arto Deco General Hospital Building - has been a target for adaptive reuse going back for roughly a decade. For nearly 20 years, the hulking Eastside landmark has been mostly vacant as a result of stricter building codes of hospitals imposed after the 1994 Northridge earthquake.

Commerce hubCentennial Partners

Plans for the redevelopment of the existing building, as well as new development on the surrounding campus, began to take shape in 2023 with L.A. County's selection of the Centennial Partners team, including Primestor, and Bayspring, to build on the 12- acre "West Campus" which abuts the main hospital.

Centennial Partners' plan for the campus has called for:

  • 885 residential units - including at least 25 percent affordable units;
  • 166,000 square feet of hotel uses;
  • 168,000 square feet of retail;
  • 65,000 square feet of laboratory and medical offices;
  • 85,000 square feet of community and general services; and
  • 531,000 square feet of parking.

The Boyle Heights Beat reports that the Centennial Partners project would takes up to $1 billion to complete.

Development program for Los Angeles County General Hospital master planRios

The draft master plan covered by the new environmental study pertains to a larger section of the campus - a roughly 30.1-acre section over the overall 82-acre property. Accordingly, the development potential considered in the study is significantly higher. The maximums that could be allowed through the adaptive reuse of the the General Hospital building and redevelopment of surrounding parcels includes: 

  • 3,200 homes / 2.3 million square feet of residential uses;
  • 400,000 square feet of offices;
  • 735,000 square feet of medical offices;
  • 320,000 square feet of retail;
  • 200 rooms / 80,000 square feet of patient and caregiver lodging;
  • 350,000 square feet of community facillities;
  • 110,000 square feet of educational space;
  • 160,000 square feet of warehouse space;
  • 200,000 square feet of light industrial space;
  • a 450-bed / 400,000 square-foot hospital; and
  • parking for 8,588 vehicles.

A significant of the proposed housing would be located within the General Hospital building itself, according to the proposed plan.

Historic hubCentennial Partners

Plans call for seven main vehicular entrances to the campus, as well as other transportation improvements including a mobility hub, a network of internal trails and walkways, bicycle facilities, and various courtyards, pocket parks, and a large central "forecourt" that would serve as a town square for the complex.

A full buildout of the proposed master plan project, which may not be built to the maximum allowed capacity, would occur in multiple phases over a period of 25 years.

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