Kaiser Permanente Breaks Ground On New Murrieta Surgery Center

MURRIETA, CA — Southwest Riverside County residents will have more health care options next year. On Tuesday, Kaiser Permanente broke ground on an 88,900-square-foot ambulatory surgery center at Keller Road near Mapleton Avenue.

The center is expected to be completed in November 2022 and will offer outpatient surgical procedures that do not require overnight hospital stays. The center will feature six operating rooms, a 26-bay post-anesthesia care unit, a five-room procedure center, 20 prep/recovery observation bays, 19 provider offices, 34 exam rooms, a 14-bay chemotherapy/infusion center, and imaging services that include MRI and mammography, according to Anamaria Bearden, director of public affairs and brand communications for Kaiser Permanente.

The services/departments offered at the center will include general surgery, gastroenterology, oncology, pain intervention, ophthalmology, and orthopedics services, according to Bearden.

The surgery center will bring approximately 200 new jobs to Murrieta, Bearden said.

The project is part of the existing Kaiser Permanente medical campus at 28150 Keller Road that opened in 2017 with medical offices, urgent care and pharmacy services.

Once built out at 824,500 square feet, the campus at the 37-acre site is slated to feature a 254-bed hospital with surface and structure parking proposed for late 2023, although Bearden said no updates were available on the status of the hospital project. Currently, the closest hospital for Southwest Riverside County’s Kaiser members is in Riverside.

The Murrieta campus adds to other Southwest Riverside County Kaiser facilities, including the Kaiser Permanente Wildomar Medical Offices at 36450 Inland Valley Dr., and the Kaiser Permanente Temecula Medical Offices at 27309 Madison Ave.