Grand River Hospital and St. Mary’s General Hospital are asking interested property owners to submit lands for consideration for a future joint hospital in Kitchener-Waterloo.

The proposals will be evaluated against the recently approved site selection criteria developed through extensive community engagement, but also following Ministry of Health guidance to look for large parcels of land that will allow the hospital to grow and redevelop on the same site in the future.

The site selection panel carried out public consultation throughout the summer to develop the criteria, gathering input from hospital teams, partners, municipalities, subject matter experts, and the broader community. All the feedback being considered covers a wide range of topics, from accessibility and site features to geographic location and the impact of future population growth.

Interested property owners have until November 2 to complete the Mandatory Stage 1 Proposal Submission Requirements.

St. Mary’s General Hospital and Grand River Hospital are also proposing to renew and repurpose two existing hospital sites. The midtown Kitchener-Waterloo Campus would be transformed into an ambulatory and urgent care centre; and the Freeport Campus in Kitchener would be modernized and expanded to increase rehabilitation capacity.

This site selection process for the new hospital is being overseen by the BFCT Committee, a subcommittee of the hospitals’ boards comprised of members with broad representation across both hospitals and the Waterloo Region community.