{"id":371518,"date":"2026-06-23T14:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/371518\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T14:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:37:10","slug":"valley-childrens-to-build-73000-sq-ft-outpatient-center-in-madera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/371518\/","title":{"rendered":"Valley Children\u2019s to build 73,000-sq-ft outpatient center in Madera"},"content":{"rendered":"

Valley Children\u2019s Healthcare has announced<\/a> plans to build a new 73,000-square-foot \u201cAmbulatory Pavilion\u201d on its main campus off Highway 41 in Madera County.<\/p>\n

The healthcare nonprofit \u2014 which operates Valley Children\u2019s Hospital and other facilities across the San Joaquin Valley \u2014 says it\u2019s a $73 million investment that will bring various medical services together into an outpatient center.<\/p>\n

\u201cBringing key services together in one place builds on the coordinated care we already provide, helping make the experience even more seamless and convenient for families,\u201d Dr. Vinod Balasa, medical director of Valley Children\u2019s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, said in a news release.<\/p>\n

The pavilion will be built in the space north of the main hospital building and east of the Founder\u2019s Plaza administrative building, where Valley Children\u2019s has vast open land to accommodate its future growth.<\/p>\n

The hospital campus has grown to more than 700 acres<\/a> since Valley Children\u2019s moved there from Fresno in 1998. The organization owns hundreds of acres zoned for residential and mixed-use development that it has yet to announce plans for between Children\u2019s Boulevard and the southern edge of the Riverstone community.<\/p>\n

South of Children\u2019s Boulevard, where Valley Children\u2019s is installing new roads, its open land is slated for new healthcare buildings but also commercial development. The hospital says a commercial operation is part of its long-term plan<\/a> to finance children\u2019s medical treatment.<\/p>\n

Valley Children\u2019s spokesperson Zara Arboleda told The Bee that the Ambulatory Pavilion is being paid for with money from the organization\u2019s reserves. She said no money is being diverted from patient care to build the new center.<\/p>\n

\"A A rendering shows what the future Ambulatory Pavilion could look like on the Madera County campus of Valley Children\u2019s Healthcare. Courtesy of Valley Children\u2019s Healthcare Design, timeline for Valley Children\u2019s Ambulatory Pavilion<\/p>\n

Arboleda said Valley Children\u2019s plans to break ground on the new center next spring and to open it to patients in 2029.<\/p>\n

She said its design will be based on feedback from Valley Children\u2019s doctors, staff and patient families. It will be \u201copen and friendly\u201d and will include play areas for children, Arboleda said.<\/p>\n

Arboleda added its design will also consider the needs of children who have autism. Valley Children\u2019s has a program, called George\u2019s Pass<\/a>, intended to make hospital stays easier for children with autism.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will make sure it\u2019s accessible,\u201d Arboleda said of the future building. \u201cIt will be a safe space.\u201d<\/p>\n

Valley Children\u2019s CEO Todd Suntrapak said in the hospital\u2019s news release that the new center is intended to make the hospital experience easier for children and their families.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen a child needs medical care, families are already carrying so much worry, uncertainty and the demands of navigating appointments and treatments,\u201d he said. \u201cThis new pavilion is designed with those families in mind. Our responsibility is not only to provide exceptional care, but to make that experience more coordinated, compassionate and supportive throughout every step.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"A A rendering shows what the future Ambulatory Pavilion could look like on the Madera County campus of Valley Children\u2019s Healthcare. Courtesy of Valley Children\u2019s Healthcare \"A A rendering shows what the future Ambulatory Pavilion could look like on the Madera County campus of Valley Children\u2019s Healthcare. Courtesy of Valley Children\u2019s Healthcare \"A A rendering shows what the future Ambulatory Pavilion could look like on the Madera County campus of Valley Children\u2019s Healthcare. Courtesy of Valley Children\u2019s Healthcare
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Erik is a graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism, where he helped launch an effort to better meet the news needs of Spanish-speaking immigrants. Before that, he served as editor-in-chief of his community college student newspaper, Riverside City College Viewpoints, where he covered the impacts of the Salton Sea\u2019s decline on its adjacent farm worker communities in the Southern California desert.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Valley Children\u2019s Healthcare has announced plans to build a new 73,000-square-foot \u201cAmbulatory Pavilion\u201d on its main campus off…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-371518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}