allcove Beach Cities groundbreaking jumpstarts BCHD Healthy Living Center
by Kevin Cody In 2019, a 2022 groundbreaking date was set for a $374 million, 253,000 square foot Healthy Living Campus on the Beach Cities Health District’s 11-acre, hilltop site at Prospect and Beryl avenues in Redondo Beach. The new campus was to replace the seismically-challenged former South Bay Hospital, built in 1960, and its auxiliary medical buildings. Its architect was Paul Murdoch, whose local works include the Los Angeles International Airport gateway sign, and light pylons. His design for the Healthy Living Campus resembled his serene Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The Healthy Living Campus, as envisioned in 2019 by architect Paul Murdoch. Image courtesy of Menemsha Solutions Renderings showed a white, circular Community Wellness Pavilion, encircled by 2.5 acres of trees and grass. Three story white buildings formed an arc along the perimeter. BCHD CEO Tom Bakaly said the design was meant to create a “sense of place” for the community, with grass playing fields, an indoor pool, a fitness gym, a demonstration kitchen, and research facilities. A plan recently submitted by Sunrise Senior Living to the Beach Cities Health District proposes a…
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