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Adventist Health is apparently on the verge of building out its aging campus in Southeast Portland by carrying out a host of new construction projects.

Harper Houf Peterson Righellis Inc. is the applicant for the proposal, which is tentatively set to go before a Hearings Officer on Sept. 19.

According to a city sent to the Hazelwood Neighborhood Association, Gateway Area Business Association and others, Adventist Health plans to expand the Gateway campus in two phases. The owner is seeking a Conditional Use Master Plan boundary amendment that would actually reduce the size of the Master Plan area by over 85,000 square feet.

PKA Architects has produced drawings for phase one. These show a new, freestanding medical office building between 15,000 and 20,000 square feet, as well as the build-out of 47,726 square feet of existing, unfinished shell space constructed previously.

In phase two, the hospital’s nursing tower would expand by 50,000 square feet. This phase would also see the campus parking lots reconfigured with an overall reduction of two spaces.

If approved, the proposed Conditional Use Master Plan would result in 857,578 square feet of development at full build-out, representing a sizable decrease from the 1.4 million square feet approved in the original master plan.

The Conditional Use Master Plan would be in effect until Dec. 31, 2023, when all Conditional Use Master Plans for institutional campuses will expire under new regulations implemented as part of the Campus Institutional Zoning Project.

The hospital was built in 1975 and currently has slightly more than 601,000 square feet.