Feb
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Swedish Hospital Picks Issaquah Highlands to Build Medical Center
Written by: rebecca and filed Under Blog, Issaquah, Issaquah Highlands, Other Development |
Swedish Hospital recently executed its option to purchase 18 acres of land in Issaquah Highlands, further cementing their commitment and determination to bring better hospital services to the growing population of King County’s Eastside communities. The land that plan to build on is located at the South West of edge of the Issaquah Highlands.
While this is great news for the community, they are not out of the woods yet. Swedish has cleared all the state Department of Health’s red tape, so they have started the planning process. They still need to get a favorable ruling from the state Department of Health administrative judge in the joint appeal filed by Overlake, Evergreen, Snoqualmie Valley and Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center. Their argument is that the plans of Swedish concentrate too many beds in one location. I find that odd seeing that some of those participating in the appeal tried to be the hospital developer of choice in the first go-round. In fact, Overlake and Swedish both submitted applications that were rejected way back in 2004. Overlake gave up while Swedish filed for appeal after appeal until they finally were granted permission to build.
Maybe Overlake shouldn’t have given up…
Regardless on what happens with the current appeal by the competition, Swedish owns the land and will build some sort of medical facility; with or without beds.
To read the official press release, click here.
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