Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo
El Centro Health Clinic
El Centro, California (Imperial County)
New Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) tripling its size and adding new services to meet the fast growing needs of patients in medically-underserved area.
The Project
El Centro is Clinicas’ fastest growing clinic, serving a mostly low-income, migrant community. By 2017, the 12,000 SF clinic was unable to serve all the patients needing care nor provide the comprehensive suite of services patients required.
When considering a new clinic, Clinicas opted to build a 44,310 SF standalone facility with Pacific Medical Buildings (PMB). Looking to expand their financing capacity, Clinicas partnered with PMB who development the project to meet Clinicas’ requirements and needs. PMB will own the facility, providing a favorable discounted lease and buy-out option to Clinicas.
Today, in Clinicas’ new facility, more patients can be treated in more ways due to expanded medical, radiology, and behavioral departments and the addition of new services including dental, pharmacy, and ophthalmology. The additional space also supports an expanded internship program and room for Clinicas’ corporate headquarters.
Community Impact
- 19,000 patients treated annually across 57,100 visits.
- 172 new/retained jobs supported, with all receiving comprehensive benefits.
- 25 medical school interns trained annually.
- 130 construction jobs created.
- 30% of the predevelopment/construction contracts and 90% of annual ongoing operations vendor/supplier contracts awarded to businesses located in the local low income community.
- NMTCs provides a key financing subsidy allowing Clinicas to reduce operating costs, creating a more sustainable service platform to meet the needs of El Centro’s low income and vulnerable patient based.
Financing
- Total Project Costs: $25.8 million
- Total New Markets Allocation Secured: $24.5 million
Project Partners
- New Markets Community Capital (Telacu)
- Urban Research Park
- Border Communities Capital Company
- Chase Community Equity
- Pacific Medical Buildings
- Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo
