Shuttered St. Vincent Medical Center to become homeless service campus

"A private investment partnership has purchased St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles and plans to turn the long-shuttered hospital into a one-stop shop where homeless people can seek help. The new St. Vincent Behavioral Health Campus, expected to open in phases over the next two years, will eventually provide job training, 800 beds and a variety of medical services, including recuperative, outpatient, addiction and mental health care, according to Shay Yadin, co-owner of the limited liability company that acquired the 7.7-acre campus."

"The hospital - L.A.'s first, founded by the Daughters of Charity in 1856 - has remained largely shuttered since Soon-Shiong, who owns The Times and heads the global health firm NantWorks, purchased the campus in 2020 after its prior owner declared bankruptcy. A NantWorks spokesperson did not return an email seeking comment. Some local officials previously pressed Soon-Shiong to reopen the hospital to address the needs of Los Angeles' homeless population."

"Services will also be available to people who are housed, but a focus of the new campus will be on serving people who are homeless and those at risk of homelessness. St. Vincent Behavioral Health Campus LLC purchased the shuttered hospital in Los Angeles' Westlake neighborhood at the end of last year. Cushman & Wakefield brokers Mike Condon Jr., Eric Olofson and Erica Finck represented the seller, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong. Condon said the sale price was $66.5 million."

St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles was purchased and will be redeveloped into the St. Vincent Behavioral Health Campus on a 7.7-acre Westlake site. The campus will provide 800 beds, job training, recuperative, outpatient, addiction and mental health care, and will serve people who are homeless as well as those at risk, with services also available to housed individuals. The buyer paid $66.5 million for the shuttered hospital. The first phase will deliver about 205 interim housing beds in coming months, with remaining services expected to come online by early 2028. The hospital had remained largely closed since a 2020 ownership change following bankruptcy.

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