Sutter Cancels Plans for Huge Emeryville Hospital, Will Look Elsewhere

Sutter canceled its planned 200-bed Emeryville hospital. Alta Bates in Berkeley will stay open for now as the health system seeks legislative help and a new East Bay site.

Sutter Health canceled its planned 200-bed Emeryville hospital, citing regulatory uncertainty and litigation risks, and is seeking legislation to keep Berkeley's Alta Bates campus open while evaluating other sites.

Sutter Health cancels plans for Emeryville hospital over ‘regulatory path’

Sutter Health has scuttled its plans to build a new hospital on its Emeryville site, saying that regulatory roadblocks such as California's environmental rules helped to doom the proposal.

Sutter Cancels Plans for Huge Emeryville Hospital, Will Look Elsewhere

Sutter Health has announced it will no longer be building a planned new hospital campus in Emeryville, but a new hospital in the East Bay is likely still in the cards.

California hospital chain scraps $1B expansion amid red tape nightmare

Sutter Health has abandoned plans to build a hospital on its Emeryville property, marking a major reversal for the health system’s ambitious proposal.

State Sen. Arreguín Blasts Sutter Over ‘Abandoned’ Emeryville Hospital Plans • The E'ville Eye News

While some North Oakland and Emeryville residents, particularly those living along the 53rd Street corridor, welcomed the decision, State Sen. Jesse Arreguín is criticizing Sutter Health’s move to ‘abandon’ plans for a new hospital in Emeryville. Arreguín warned that the decision, combined with Sutter’s proposed closure of Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley, could leave East Bay residents with fewer options for emergency and critical c…

Sutter promised a $1 billion new hospital in the East Bay. Now, it’s pulling the plug

Sutter Health is abandoning plans for a new $1 billion hospital in Emeryville it had hoped to open in 2033, the company said Friday. The 200-bed medical center and flagship campus, announced last year, had been meant to replace Sutter’s 300-bed Alta Bates hospital in Berkeley, which the company…