By HFT Staff

Kaiser Permanente is enhancing its Sunnyside Medical Center in Clackamas, Oregon, with a new, state-of-the-art hospital tower. It plans to open the new facility on its Sunnyside Medical Center campus in 2029. 

Construction of the new facility will begin in early 2026, with site-clearance work starting in late 2025. The current hospital building will remain in use until the new hospital tower is built and open on the east side of the Sunnyside Medical Center campus, ensuring a seamless transition for patient care. The A Wing, which currently houses the Brookside Center, a residential mental health and addiction medicine treatment facility, will remain. 

The new seven-story, 615,000-square-foot hospital tower will feature leading-edge technology, expanded service capacity and modern patient amenities including: 

• 100 percent private patient rooms 
• In-room telemedicine capabilities, advanced robotics and image-guided surgical equipment 
• Greater emergency room capacity, to reduce wait times and improve the experience of our members and the community, particularly in times of peak demand 
• Easy navigation and wayfinding for patients, staff and the public 
• An emphasis on natural lighting, green spaces, walking paths and healing gardens to enhance the care and recovery experience 

The new hospital tower will make the Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center the first fully electric hospital in Oregon. Being fully electric will reduce the carbon footprint of the facility while limiting the amount of fossil fuels burned, resulting in improved air quality in the immediate vicinity of the hospital. 

Sunnyside is also home to Kaiser Permanente’s regional centers for neurosurgery and adult cancer care; a Level III neonatal intensive care unit; and the Kaiser Permanente Northwest Center for Heart and Vascular Care.  

The Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside campus also includes three medical offices that provide medical and specialty care, in addition to pharmacy and imaging services and the Brookside Center for residential mental health and addiction medicine treatment. These offices and services are not part of the construction project. 

When the new hospital tower is open, Kaiser Permanente plans to replace the current tower with additional parking, walkways and outdoor spaces. 

Sunnyside Medical Center is one of two Kaiser Permanente hospitals that serve Oregon and Southwest Washington; the other is Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center in Hillsboro, Oregon, which opened in 2013.