ValleyCare Health System Expands Bay Area Facilities

ValleyCare Health System, a Pleasanton and Livermore community hospital system, is engaged in 180,000 sf of new construction totalling almost $94 million. Adding 40 acute and intensive care beds to its 97-bed Pleasanton hospital, ValleyCare will also expand operating room, clinical, outpatient, and medical office facilities. Currently under construction on the Livermore campus is the 65,000-sf "Lifestyle RX", a health, wellness and fitness center open to patients and the general population. Over 280 rental apartments for seniors are included in the project, which features indoor and outdoor swimming pools and exercise machines that produce printouts reflecting the user's health information. Callahan Property Co. of Pleasanton is building the $16-million center; Callahan is also developing a $16-million, 65,000-sf urgent care and outpatient surgery center at ValleyCare's Livermore complex.