SPRINGFIELD. – PeaceHealth will soon list for sale a piece of residential and undeveloped property behind Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend.
The property, which is roughly 50 acres and sits behind the hospital along the McKenzie River, is zoned for medium-density residential.
“PeaceHealth has owned this parcel of land since the initial purchase of RiverBend with the plan of one day listing it for sale and residential development,” said Dr. Jim McGovern, chief hospital executive for the PeaceHealth Oregon Network. “With the state’s housing expansion goals in mind, that time has come.”
Hundreds of new high-paying jobs will soon be coming to the area, as the PeaceHealth Springfield Rehabilitation Hospital is currently under construction off Game Farm Road, and Timber Springs Behavioral Health Hospital is proposed to break ground off International Way in the near future.
The sale of the residential property, accessible at the corner of Baldy View and Deadmond Ferry roads, will not impact PeaceHealth’s ability to grow RiverBend as needed in the future. PeaceHealth will maintain more than 40 acres of land for any future projects that require proximity to the hospital.
Cushman & Wakefield will manage the sale of the property.
