Construction on rehab center in Merced reaches halfway point
A large rehabilitation building going up at Yosemite Avenue and R Street in Merced could yield more than 100 jobs when it’s completed this year, according to a company official.
The roughly 47,000-square-foot structure will be Anberry Transitional Care, a counterpart to Atwater’s Anberry Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
As a skilled nursing facility, Anberry Transitional Care will employ certified nurses, food service workers, custodial staff and others, said Mike Ramstead, an Anberry administrator.
“We’re very excited about the opportunity to have a new facility, and for us to be in the Merced area, as well as Atwater,” he said. “We’re looking forward to the completion of the building.”
Ramstead stressed that both the Merced and Atwater locations will remain open.
The 120-bed facility in Merced is being built on a 3.5-acre parcel at Yosemite and R, according to city records. Ramstead estimated the construction is about halfway done, as it’s scheduled to be complete by November. He said the facility could begin taking patients early next year.
The plan is to initially open with fewer beds than capacity, he said. The facility primarily will focus on short-term care, such as patients who are recovering from surgery or a sickness and are not quite ready to go home.
The facility will be near a retirement community, homes, apartments and a ministorage facility.
According to city records, the building’s parking lot will have 72 spaces and the developer will be responsible for adding any missing sidewalks, driveways and gutters. Workers on Friday tore out a part of the street to accommodate a larger sewer line.
Julie Nelson, an associate planner with the city of Merced, said the city approved the project in 2006. A few modifications to the agreement, which changed the building’s design, were made the following year.
Sun-Star staff writer Thaddeus Miller can be reached at (209) 385-2453 or tmiller@mercedsunstar.com.
47,000
square footage of 120-bed Anberry Transitional Care
100
potential jobs created by facility
This story was originally published March 8, 2015 at 5:49 PM with the headline "Construction on rehab center in Merced reaches halfway point."