The 306-bed facility got the green light for funding in this week’s provincial budget, with work set to begin in two years
A long-term-care facility designed with a village setting for dementia patients is expected to get underway in two years in Colwood’s Royal Bay neighbourhood.
The CRD included the project in its 2023 provisional budget last fall, assuming 30% of the overall cost. Island Health will build and operate the facility, in the same kind of funding and building arrangement used to build the 320-bed, $86-million Summit long-term-care facility on the former Blanshard School site in 2020.
The CRD acquired the land for $8 million a decade ago as the former quarry site wrapped up gravel exports and planning started to redevelop the property for residential, commercial and institutional use. Plans for the new long-term-care facility call for a total of four three-storey buildings laid out in a village format and featuring a hair salon, bistro and coffee shop for residents’ use. Child-care facilities will also be available on site.
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