LLUAHSC - Spring 2002 Newscope

Newscope

CAL FED donates deed for East Campus expansion

[SCOPE, Spring 2002]

From right, Adam Russel, vice president and client manager, and Jim Haney, senior vice president and regional director of regional banking, present the deed of 1.1 acres of land behind the CAL FED/Loma Linda branch to Michael Jackson, MPH, senior vice president for LLUAHSC; B. Lyn Behrens, MBBS, president & CEO, LLUAHSC; and Mara K. McCarville, executive director of the International Rehabilitation Institute.

The International Rehabilitation Institute, planned for the East Campus of LLUMC, made a huge leap forward when CAL FED donated 1.1 acres of land behind the its Loma Linda branch January 8. The deed was valued at $380,000.

The parcel along Loma Linda Drive is to become the new entrance for the Loma Linda University International Rehabilitation Institute. Designers suggest the entrance would eliminate the hazard of slowing and turning vehicles on the heavily traveled Barton Road and would provide an entry drive that bisects the East Campus, offering better wayfinding and ease of access to offices, clinics, and parking areas.

The ease of access is desired for the integration of a garden-like environment the center will utilize for quicker and more complete healing of patients with serious rehabilitation needs.

Part of this integration includes building a multi-use park on part of the donated property. The area adjacent to the bank building will be equipped with benches and picnic tables, as well as special access provisions to parking and trails for disabled persons. Michael Jackson, MPH, senior vice president for LLUAHSC and LLUMC, also hopes to incorporate a “boundless playground” into the park, where 70 percent or more of the activities are accessible from a wheelchair.

CAL FED’s willingness to donate the land will greatly aid the speed of the project. The entire process took five months to complete.

CAL FED representatives Jim Haney, senior vice president and regional director of commercial banking, and Adam Russell, vice president and client manager, made the deed presentation.

“We’re very much a part of the communities we serve,” Mr. Haney states. “We knew it would be used for the right purpose,” he said of the donation. “We wanted to help the hospital any way we could.”

The bank had no plans to use the land and was preparing to sell it.
The next step in the project is to complete architectural designs. With the deed from CAL FED, LLUMC will be ready to seek funding for the construction once the plans are completed.

Administration is currently breaking the project into smaller pieces for fundraising purposes. The first phase will be an $8 million drive, of which $4 million is already in place.

[SCOPE, Spring 2002]