Project Description
With the wholehearted support of the City of San Francisco
and the San
Francisco Community Clinic Consortium and after
more than a decade of planning, SMHC has developed a
joint venture agreement with Mercy
Housing California (MHC) to build Westbrook Plaza.
SMHC and MHC are jointly developing the land as a mixed-use
project combining – in one location – affordable
housing for the working poor and affordable outpatient
primary health care services. SMHC and MHC will each
fund its own portion of the project.
This innovative project will bring affordable housing
and accessible, quality healthcare together “under
one roof” for this fast growing, yet underserved
region of the Bay Area. We will break ground for the
new facility in early 2007 and we plan to complete construction
mid-2008.
Westbrook Plaza will be located on 7th Street between
Howard and Folsom streets and consist of a five-story,
50’ building on 7th Street with three levels of
housing over the two-level community health clinic.
An additional four-story, 40’ residential building
is designed for Moss Street, a side street that runs
along the rear of the site. There will be a mid-block
courtyard between the two structures, and subsurface
parking under the entire lot for the clinic and housing
residents.
Westbrook Plaza will include:
- A 20,000 square foot community health
clinic
- Approximately 48 units of affordable
housing for low-income families
- A common room and other service spaces
associated with the housing
- A small pharmacy
- Subsurface parking
The new and expanded community health
center will:
- include 8 new additional exam rooms
to accommodate increased demand and more efficient
patient flow
- consist of a total of 5 dental operatories
to meet a local demand for more dental services
- provide on-site space for supplemental
health care services, i.e. health education, social
services, HIV/AIDS case management services, and on-site
space for all administrative functions
The new and expanded community health
center will enable SMHC to:
- respond to the increasing and urgent
health care needs of the South of Market neighborhood
community
- ensure the safety of our patients
and staff
- bring together — under one roof
— the medical program and all administrative
personnel
- provide a cost-effective way to manage
all healthcare and administrative programs
When the new health center opens in
2008, SMHC will serve twice as many patients as it does
today - doubling its current patient visits from 20,000
to 40,000 a year.
SMHC will continue to serve its target population of low-income
and medically underserved residents within the South of
Market community. However, new and expanded service programs
and improved access will attract a broader number of groups
who live in the area, including working families, adult
men, women, children and older adults.
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