Plan Refinements

A vision for health, livability and community.

Healthy Living Campus planning has been a multi-year endeavor. The proposed project has undergone two major revisions based on community feedback and input from expert structural and financial consultants.

2017 Initial Concept

2017 Initial Concept (V1) featured the addition of buildings with renovations to the existing hospital building.
2017 Revised Initial Concept (V2 and V3) featured changes to the orientation and height of the structures based on community feedback.
What we heard about the 2017 concept: concerns about density, reduce building heights, minimize impacts, add more green space and accessibility, integrate with community, create gathering spaces and intergenerational uses.

2019 Master Plan Concept

After learning more about structural issues with the 514 building, BCHD took a broader look at the campus with a Master Plan approach.
The 2019 Master Plan featured a whole-campus redesign with demolition of the 514 building, added 420 Residential Care for the Elderly units, a Community Wellness Pavilion and maximized open space.
What we heard about the 2019 concept: reduce RCFE units, move
buildings away from eastern edge/Torrance homes, decrease construction time, concerns over Flagler Ln. traffic, environmental impacts and building orientation.

2020 Master Plan Concept

The 2020 proposed plan was analyzed in the Environmental
Impact Report, which
Reduced Residential Care for the Elderly (RCFE) units from 420 to 217, and
Phase 1 included a youth wellness center, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), RCFE and approximately 2.5 acres of open space.
Phase 2 included an aquatics center, Community Wellness Pavilion and Center for Health & Fitness.

2025 News

At their April 2025 meeting, the BCHD Board unanimously approved a motion for the Center for Health & Fitness to sign a lease agreement to move the fitness center to the 510 N. Prospect Ave. building, which has an expected lifespan through 2055.
- This will require just one move of CHF (a prior plan included two moves) and keeps the facility near its current location, which has more than 3,000 members.
- Current plans call for the relocation to take place by early 2027.
- CHF’s move makes the 510 N. Prospect Ave. building part of the Healthy Living Campus, good news for our Diamond St. neighbors, who were concerned about losing green space and having construction take place next to their properties.
BCHD plans to open an RFP (Request for Proposals) process to receive new ideas and strategies to implement health-related elements as part of the Healthy Living Campus.
As of early May, an established PACE Provider (Program for All-inclusive Care for the Elderly) is finalizing lease negotiations to open a facility in the 510 N. Prospect Ave. building.