Upcoming Children's Hospital Youth Mental Health Class

Children’s Hospital would like to notify the community of their upcoming Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) class on Monday at the Sand Point Learning Center, formerly Center for Spiritual Living. 

Last March, Children's purchased the Center for Spiritual Living (CSL)  for $16,992,850.  It sits on 4.4 acre s with a  50,000-square foot building and is located about a mile north of the campus on Sand Point Way NE.

The 8-hour class is designed for all adults who regularly interact with adolescents 12 to 18 year of age and is offered in partnership with King County, USA Mental Health First Aid, and Chad’s Legacy.

The class description says:

Individuals will gain skills on how to help an adolescent in crisis or who is experiencing a mental health challenge. Similar to traditional first aid and CPR, mental health first aid is help provided to a person developing a mental health problem or experiencing a crisis before they can get professional treatment or the crisis resolves.

Children's Hospital told the Laurelhurst Blog that this information " is worth sharing with the Laurelhurst community since the class is offered so close and there are many families with adolescents in the area." 

For more information and to register go here. 

Children's Installs New Large "Emergency" Sign At Former Wells Fargo Bank Location

Children's Hospital installed a new "Emergency" on July 18th, replacing the Wells Fargo Bank sign.  

Children's purchased the building in January of this year and Wells Fargo Bank moved last September to the former Tully's location at Five Corners.  

Todd Johnson, Vice President, Facilities and Supply Chain, told the Laurelhurst Blog Staff:

As you know, Seattle Children’s purchased the former Wells Fargo branch after the bank moved to its new Five Corners location. We painted and made some minor improvements to the building. 

It is currently leased to Sellen Construction Company for use as a field office. The basement is used by Children’s as a storage location and future office. 

We made the decision to repurpose the former bank monument sign to help families locate our emergency department. This will be especially important after we begin construction of our new Forest B wing late next fall.  

tI hink it will be good for the neighbors as well because this sign, in addition to others that are being added, will help drivers get directly to the ED without any wrong turns or inadvertent trips into the neighborhood. We shared the idea of reusing the bank sign with members of our Citizens Standing Advisory Committee at our June meeting and got agreement that it would be helpful.

Last March, Children's also purchased the Center for Spiritual Living (CSL)  for $16,992,850.  It sits on 4.4 acre s with a  50,000-square foot building and is located about a mile north of the campus on Sand Point Way NE.

The site is zoned residential but has a covenant placed on the deed limiting the uses to religious, educational and recreational purposes.

Todd told the Laurelhurst Blog Staff that Children’s will house its educational activities at the CSL location. 

Last year Children's Hospital purchased the Gema Mae Apartments,  twelve unit fourplex apartments, built in the 1950’s. directly across from the Hospital Emergency Room and behind the old Wells Fargo location.  The Hospital made improvements to the apartments, including painting and bringing the building up to code. According to this website, it was purchased for $4,500,00.00.

Children’s also still owns one single family houses along NE 45th Street, out of the eight they purchased in 2007 and 2008, during the construction of the Mary Gates Ambulatory Care building and Whale Garage. The home, Todd said, is "occupied by a long term tenant and we will not be offering it for sale at this time."  In 2013 five of the homes were sold. 

At the time, the hospital approached homeowners to sell their homes and some homeowners contacted the hospital about the sales which were purchased "at the then-market value," Todd told the Laurelhurst Blog.  Todd added that Children's did make known its willingness to purchase immediately adjacent homes.

Wells Fargo Bank Sold To Children's Hospital And One More Hospital Owned Home Sold

Children’s  Hospital has purchased the building that formerly housed Wells Fargo, on the 4500 block of 40th Avenue NE.

Todd Johnson, Vice President, Facilities and Supply Chain, told the Laurelhurst Blog Staff that the purchase was completed on January 12 and added:

Like the Gema Mae Apartments next door, the building will remain in essentially its current form for the foreseeable future.  We are currently working on some minor improvements to the interior and exterior and will then sign a lease for the property with an office user.

Last year Children's Hospital purchased the Gema Mae Apartments,  twelve unit fourplex apartments, built in the 1950’s. directly across from the Hospital Emergency Room and behind the old Wells Fargo location.  The Hospital made improvements to the apartments, including painting and bringing the building up to code. According to this website, it was purchased for $4,500,00.00.

At that time, the Laurelhurst Blog asked Todd if the Hospital was looking to buy the Wells Fargo Bank building, when the Bank was moving to the former Tully's location near Federal Express.

Todd said "We will investigate a purchase of the bank property because of its location so close to our campus and the Gema Mae Apartments. Like the apartments, the site is subject to existing zoning and is not included in the hospital’s MIMP."

Children’s also still owns one single family houses along NE 45^th Street, out of the eight they purchased in 2007 and 2008, during the construction of the Mary Gates Ambulatory Care building and Whale Garage. 

In 2013 five of the homes were sold. At the time, the hospital approached homeowners to sell their homes and some homeowners contacted the hospital about the sales which were purchased "at the then-market value," Todd told the Laurelhurst Blog.

Todd added that Children's did make known its willingness to purchase immediately adjacent homes.

He said: "The sales were also probably motivated by unknowns related to Children's proposed Major Institutions Master Plan and the impacts that it could have had in its pre-Laurelon Terrace state, from information given to him by Ruth Benfield, who was the "Children's executive over facilities at the time of the purchases."  

In 2013 five of the homes were sold. 

Another home was recently sold at 4323 NE 45th Street.  And the last hospital owned home Todd said is "occupied by a long term tenant and we will not be offering it for sale at this time."

Last March, Children's also purchased the Center for Spiritual Living (CSL)  for $16,992,850.  It sits on 4.4 acre s with a  50,000-square foot building and is located about a mile north of the campus on Sand Point Way NE.

The site is zoned residential but has a covenant placed on the deed limiting the uses to religious, educational and recreational purposes.

Todd told the Laurelhurst Blog Staff that Children’s will house its educational activities at the CSL location.

For more information go here.

Children's Hospital's Buying And Selling Activity In The Neighborhood And Nearby

Children's Hospital recently purchased the Gema Mae Apartments, directly across from the Hospital Emergency Room and behind the old Wells Fargo location, on the 4500 block of 40th Avenue NE.

The twelve unit fourplex apartment buildings, built in the 1950’s. The Hospital plans to make improvements such as painting and bringing the building up to code. According to this website, it was purchased for $4,500,00.00

Todd Johnson, Vice President, Facilities and Supply Chain, told the Laurelhurst Blog Staff that  any available units are being offered to all qualified renters on an equal basis.  Hospital staff members are welcome to submit rental applications but do not receive preferential access or rates.

He added that the plan is to make improvements to the apartments and retain them as rental housing for the foreseeable future.   Work crews have trimmed trees and tidied up the landscape.  Todd added that crews will bee replacing windows, carpeting, and furnaces, staring with the vacant units and are evaluating other improvements, such as roofing replacement.

Todd also said that the Hospital doesn't have any plan to amend the Major Institution Master Plan (MIMP) to include the apartments in the boundaries.   He added that a new MIMP will presumably be developed at some point beyond that, which will be based on the institution’s anticipated needs for 2020 and beyond.

The Laurelhurst Blog asked Todd if the Hospital looking to buy Wells Fargo Bank, which recently moved to the former Tully's location near Federal Express.  

Todd said "We will investigate a purchase of the bank property because of its location so close to our campus and the Gema Mae Apartments. Like the apartments, the site is subject to existing zoning and is not included in the hospital’s MIMP."

The Laurelhurst Blog Staff also inquired if the Hospital is looking to buy the newer town homes directly next door on the south side of the Gema Mae apartments. Todd responded "We have no current discussions with the owner of the townhomes."

Children’s also still owns two single family houses along NE 45^th Street. The Hospital originally purchased a total of eight single family houses, in 2007 and 2008, along NE 45^th during the construction of the Mary Gates Ambulatory Care building and Whale Garage. In 2013 five of the homes were sold.

At the time, the hospital approached homeowners to sell their homes and some homeowners contacted the hospital about the sales which were purchased "at the then-market value," Todd Johnson, Children's Vice President of Facilities told us.

"Children's did make known its willingness to purchase immediately adjacent homes,  "The sales were also probably motivated by unknowns related to Children's proposed Major Institutions Master Plan and the impacts that it could have had in its pre-Laurelon Terrace state," Todd added from information given to him by Ruth Benfield, who was the Children's executive over facilities at the time of the purchases. he said. 

In 2013 five of the homes were sold.

One of the homes, 4323 NE 45th Street, was recently put on the market for  Todd told the Laurelhurst Blog Staff that "the second home is occupied by a long term tenant and we will not be offering it for sale at this time."

The Hospital purchased the home in 2005 for $858,375 and is it is listed for sale at $1,050,000.

Children's also purchased the Center for Spiritual Living (CSL), a 4.4 acre e site with a  50,000-square foot building about a mile north of the campus on Sand Point Way NE, in March for $16,992,850.

The site is zoned residential but has a covenant placed on the deed limiting the uses to religious, educational and recreational purposes.

Todd told the Laurelhurst Blog Staff that Children’s will house its educational activities at the CSL location.

A Land Use application was recently submitted to the City, Permit #3027946, "to allow a change of use of an existing structure from religious facility (Center for Spiritual Living) to a vocational school (Children’s Hospital). No change to parking."

The permit stated the following approvals are required: "Administrative Conditional Use to allow a vocational school in a Lowrise zone. Other permits that may be needed which are not included in this application: Building Permit."

Todd told the Laurelhurst Blog Staff about the property:

Our intention is to leave the buildings essentially as they are today and to begin utilizing the classrooms, auditoriums, and gathering spaces for educational purposes.  The hospital trains future health care providers, including doctors, nurses, therapists, and others who join our team, either as residents and fellows or as permanent employees.   

We will use the  CSL campus to house learning programs like our newly-established Nurse Residency Program, which takes newly-hired, often newly-graduated registered nurses and provides additional skill building and confidence to allow these nurses to care for our high-acuity, medically complex patients.   

We also will use the site to create a simulation center, where medical professionals can improve their skills in areas like surgery or bedside care in an environment that supports high-fidelity simulation and real-time feedback.    

We have applied for an Administrative Conditional Use Permit to change the use to support this educational purpose.

Finally, we will relocate some existing community programs, like our pediatric CPR training, that are currently provided on the main campus and at our 70th/Sand Point way facility.  No patient care will take place in the building.

We are planning to do a small amount of restoration work at the facility, such as repairing the roof on the 1950’s area sanctuary, supplementing the landscaping along Sand Point Way, and adding some lighting in the parking lot.   

The building footprint will not change, nor will the entrances and exits from the site.  There may be permits required for the roof work or for electrical upgrades inside the buildings, but there will be no new construction. 

Updates On Center for Spiritual Living, Talaris and Apartments at 40th Avenue NE and NE 45th Street On Monday's Hospital Advisory Committee Meeting Agenda

Monday night from 6-8pm, the SAC (Standing Advisory Committee), made up of representatives of Children’s Hospital and surrounding neighborhoods, will hold its 18th meeting in the Ocean Café on the 7th floor (Ocean entrance) of the hospital. 

The SAC advises the City and Children’s Hospital on issues related to the design and construction of new buildings and other projects under the City approved Children’s Hospital Major Institution Master Plan.

 

Agenda items are:

• Updates on: Center for Spiritual Living, Talaris and Apartments at 40th Avenue NE and NE 45th Street
• MIMP Conditions
• MIMP Annual Report
• EIS Addendum Process and what will be analyzed
• SAC role in design review process
• MUP Package review

Public comment will be at 7:35pm.

 

All SAC meetings are open to the public. Those interested in any of the topics on the agenda are encouraged to attend.

Children's Hospital Purchases Sand Point Way Church, Learn More At Informational Open House Tomorrow

Children's Hospital has recently purchased the Center For Spiritual Living campus located at 5801 Sand Point Way, for  $16,992,850.

Tomorrow at 7pm the public is invited to an informational open house at the Church to learn more and have questions answered.

The Hospital purchased the property on March 24th and will reportedly use it for classes, lectures and meetings and not for office space as the site is zoned for spiritual and educational purposes.   

The Center for Spiritual Living purchased the property in 1992 for $1,500,000 from the Fifteenth Church of Christ, Scientist.  King County assessed the total value of the property, parcel ##102504-9006, at $27,314,500. The three buildings on the property total 70, 292 square feet.

In 2007 a 35,000 square foot new 2 story addition and renovation was undertaken, which included a  new larger building with a 1200 seat auditorium, classrooms and meeting spaces under Permit #605930.  The campus also has three portables. 

Here is the Open House invitation published by the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods:

The Center for Spiritual Living and Seattle Children's Hospital invite you to an open house, at 7pm in the Fellowship Hall, regarding Seattle Children's  purchase of the Center for Spiritual Living campus.

On March 27, Seattle Children's took possession of the Center for Spiritual Living's campus. In honoring the Center's covenant that is currently in place, Seattle Children's will use the existing facilities for staff and community classes, training and development.

The Center has called this campus home for almost 25 years.  They will lease the space back from Seattle Children's for up to 18 months while they determine where they will locate next.

During this time, Seattle Children's will use the Center for parking and conference space, and will install equipment needed to use the facility for training events and educational meetings.

Please join us to learn more and have your questions answered. No RSVP required.

Children's posted this press release:

Seattle Children’s Purchases the Center for Spiritual Living’s Campus

Seattle Children’s to use existing facilities for staff and community classes, training and development

Seattle Children’s has purchased and taken possession of the Center for Spiritual Living’s campus, located at 58th and Sand Point Way. The sale occurred after the center, which is planning to relocate, approached Seattle Children’s about the hospital’s potential interest in making an offer. In honoring the covenant that is currently in place, Seattle Children’s will use the existing facilities for staff and community classes, training and development.

The center’s campus is located on 4.4 acres of land, and includes nearly 50,000 square feet of auditorium, classroom and meeting space, as well as 189 parking stalls that Seattle Children’s currently uses.

“Given the close proximity of the center’s campus to many of our existing sites, and the growth in our training programs we anticipate over the next few years, purchasing the property presents a tremendous opportunity for Seattle Children’s,” said Dr. Jeff Sperring, chief executive officer at Seattle Children’s. “We look forward to using the space for the educational enrichment of our staff and the community.”

While specific details are still being developed, Seattle Children’s programs and classes that may be located at the center include the hospital’s Nurse Residency Program, Learning and Simulation Center, CPR and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) classes.

“The sale of our campus to Seattle Children’s is a perfect example of the greatest Good for all coming to fruition,” said Center for Spiritual Living’s Spiritual Director, Kathianne Lewis, DD. “The needs of our community have been shifting as Seattle has grown, it’s been harder for our congregants to get here, and so our online presence and participation has experienced tremendous growth through Livestream and social media platforms. Center for Spiritual Living has had five homes and five Spiritual Directors in its nearly 100 years. We are excited to continue our legacy as a place for all people to find connection to the Divine, and look forward to exploring new ways to facilitate that connection in our changing world. Our greatest Good, and that of Seattle Children’s is truly being served here.”

The Center for Spiritual Living, nearing its 100th birthday, has called its current campus home for almost 25 years. As it determines where it will locate next, the center will lease the space back from Seattle Children’s for up to 18 months. During this time, Seattle Children’s will use the center for parking and conference space, and will install equipment needed to use the facility for training events and educational meetings.