Construction of new buildings at Fircrest

Photo courtesy DSHS 

Fircrest Master Development Plan calls for a new Nursing Facility, Laundry, and 48 bed Behavioral Health building at the north end of the campus on 15th NE. 

Fircrest is owned and operated by the Department of Social and Health Services and houses disabled people who need around the clock services.

The Behavioral Health unit will serve people who have been involuntarily committed to receive mental health treatment in a secure environment for up to six months. Funding has not yet been received for this facility.

See our previous article

Demolition is now complete at the Fircrest site and construction has begun on the nursing facility and the laundry building.

Steve Hardy, Facilities Manager, recently published this aerial photo of the site and DSHS media relations provided these details about the site:

• New Laundry Building at the north side of site. This is in the location where one of the Y-Buildings was removed to make room for it. Laundry Building: 1-story and 6,336 SF.
• Middle U-shaped building is the Nursing Facility. The grey is the poured concrete slab. The yellow is a vapor barrier installed prior to the concrete slab. 
• The North Wing houses 60 residents within 3 floors. 
• The South Wing houses 60 more residents within 3 floors. Total of 120 residents when complete. 
• Nursing Facility: 2-3 stories and 126,808 SF.
• The Y-Building “Birch” is one of five remaining buildings that houses the residents until their new facility opens.
• A new road shows along the west side, extending from the 155th Street entrance north and around the north side of the nursing facility to connect to the rest of the road system around the Fircrest campus.
• The blue line to the east is construction fencing and the construction project boundary.
• The orange line to the west is the erosion control measures for the project and the project boundary.

Update: Construction has begun on the nursing facility and the laundry. Funding has not yet been received for the behavioral health building.