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Alameda Wellness Center

Aerial view of a single-story building with a steep, multi-gabled roof covered in solar panels, marked with the address 1245. The facade mixes white panels, vertical wood slat screens, and brown metal siding. A landscaped walkway lined with young trees and native plants leads to a decorative perforated metal gate, with a mature oak tree at right.
A bright cafeteria with a wood-slat ceiling and a service window into a stainless-steel kitchen, its surrounding wall covered in glossy blue-gray tile. A man eats at a long counter beside floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a patio strung with lights, where two people sit at a table. Blue chairs and light wood tables fill the foreground, one set with a breakfast tray.
A long room with pale green walls and wood-look flooring. At left, a man checks his phone in a navy lounge chair near a low table with flowers. Rows of tan stacking chairs sit at center by a whiteboard, where a woman stands writing. At right, a woman works at a height-adjustable desk with dual monitors beside tall windows.
A double-height lounge with wood beams and hanging green leaf panels overhead. A woman reads in a mustard-yellow armchair by a round black coffee table on a light rug. At right, a wall mural shows an older woman and man in profile facing each other across a lake, with two figures walking the shore between them. A teal sofa sits at left; a wood-and-glass partition opens to a meeting room beyond.
A wood-paneled reception area with frosted green glass privacy panels, flanked by exam room doors on either side. Behind the counter, a person in a white coat hands paperwork to a colleague near a window, with more workstations visible behind them. A slatted black acoustic ceiling spans overhead.

Location

1245 McKay Ave., Alameda, CA

Project

50-bed recuperative care facility that provides medical, mental and substance abuse recovery services, and a resource center offering case management and housing placement.

Value

$36 Million

Completion

2026

Architect

Ankrom Moisan Architects

Contractor

BBI Construction

Financing

State & Federal Grants
Capital Campaign 

The Alameda Wellness Center co-locates senior housing, medical respite, primary care clinic and a resource center in one park-like campus near Crab Cove. 

A former federal food testing facility, the previously dilapidated property was transformed to focused on individuals who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness; and now provides holistic services with medical, social and behavioral care, wellness activities, healthy meals, social events, educational opportunities, recovery groups & peer support.

ECB helped Alameda Point Collaborative secure conveyance of the site from Health and Human Services, and funding through the State of California. In addition, ECB provided project

management services for design and construction of the Medical Respite Center, a 50-bed recuperative care and transitional housing facility for patients with complex conditions and nearing the end-of-life. The building also houses a primary care clinic that provides medical, mental and substance abuse recovery services, and a resource center offering case management and housing placement.

Designed by Ankrom Moisan Architects, the building aesthetic centers around the natural landscape, highlight wood elements, roof gardens, site landscaping, natural light, gathering spaces, and soothing colors to support healing and wellness.

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