SAN RAMON — The principal owner of Bishop Ranch in San Ramon has created a centralized medical and health hub in a push to pave the way for more housing within the mixed-use East Bay neighborhood.
The new Bishop Ranch Medical Campus is located at 12677 Alcosta Boulevard, a San Ramon office building.
John Muir Health is the anchor tenant of the medical complex, according to Sunset Development, the principal owner and developer of Bishop Ranch, a mixed-use neighborhood of offices, shops, restaurants, hotel facilities, housing and health services.
“The strong retention of our tenants through this transition underscores the importance of Bishop Ranch as a hub for medical and wellness services within our community,” said Alex Mehran Jr., president of Sunset Development.
The recently renovated building totals 203,000 square feet. It’s close to 70% leased, according to Sunset Development officials.
“Our new facility will have primary and specialty care providers, imaging, lab services and urgent care all in one convenient location for patients close to our partner hospital, San Ramon Regional Medical Center,” said John Monaldo, a John Muir Health senior vice president of real estate and development.
The efforts to create the Bishop Ranch Medical Campus is part of Sunset Development’s remarkable quest to transform itself and create a new mission for the business park
Health and medical providers are being gathered into this single building to clear sites where Bishop Ranch can develop housing.
Yet Sunset Development’s endeavors reach well beyond the construction of new housing units.
The real estate firm seeks to accomplish nothing less than the creation of a new downtown for San Ramon.
Perhaps the most dramatic component of Sunset Development’s strategy is the company’s move to repurpose the former Chevron Park office complex that for decades was the energy titan’s headquarters.
In 2022, a Sunset Development affiliate paid $174.5 million to buy the vast 92-acre Chevron Park property near the interchange of Interstate 680 and Bollinger Canyon Road.
Since completing that purchase, the Sunset firm has gradually been revealing plans to develop several types of housing at the former Chevron Park campus.
At the new medical and healthcare hub, an estimated 20 medical and wellness tenants are expected to relocate from other buildings by the middle of this year.
Here are the details of what some of the larger tenants are planning at the office building:
— John Muir Health will more than double its prior facilities with a new space totaling 52,000 square feet.
— UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals will expand its facilities by opening a 9,000-square-foot pediatric specialty clinic specializing in endocrinology, orthopedics, gastroenterology, neurology, general surgery, cardiology, speech pathology and sports medicine.
Three of the new medical practices within the new healthcare services hub are new to Bishop Ranch.
Here are some details of these new arrivals to the San Ramon neighborhood, according to Sunset Development:
— UCSF Health Medical Foundation has leased 3,400 square feet.
— Tri-Valley Pediatrics has leased 2,900 square feet.
— Bass Medical Group has leased 4,300 square feet.
“With this new, state-of-the-art facility, we are delivering an upgraded environment that is closer to essential hospital services and designed for convenience,” Mehran Jr. said. “This is more than just a relocation; it reimagines their space within a vibrant, evolving neighborhood.”
Most of the medical tenants are relocating from nearby office buildings that will eventually be demolished to make way for an 11-acre residential community.
This residential community will be part of the 8,000 homes that Sunset Development aims to build at Bishop Ranch over the next decade.
“Our vision is to create a walkable, integrated downtown where residents have everything they need just minutes away,” Mehran Jr. said. “This medical campus is an essential part of that vision.”