Geumcheon-gu Large General Hospital Construction Project Gains Momentum

The 'Old Daehan Jeonseon Site General Hospital (810 Beds) Construction Project' Passes Traffic Impact Assessment Review... Plan to Build Large Complex Apartment with 990 Households Together

Bird's-eye view of the 'Detailed Development Plan for the Daehan Cable Site Special Planning Zone'

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Geumcheon-gu (Mayor Yu Seong-hoon) announced that the 'Detailed Development Plan (Draft) for the Daehan Electric Wire Site Special Planning Zone,' which involves the complex construction of a general hospital and residential apartments on the former Daehan Electric Wire site in front of Geumcheon-gu Office Station (area 80,985㎡), passed the Seoul City Traffic Impact Assessment Committee review on the 1st of this month.

The 'construction of a general hospital' is a key project of the district, initiated by a petition signed by 250,000 Geumcheon-gu residents who have been suffering from a lack of medical facilities.

Initially, the landowner Booyoung Housing planned to promote the general hospital construction project along with three rental housing complexes, but after consultations with the district, in December 2018, they changed the rental housing to sale housing and submitted a detailed development plan (draft) to the district, expanding the hospital site from 20,000㎡ to 24,720㎡.

The district went through the drafting procedures, including public inspection of the submitted detailed development plan (draft), and applied for approval from Seoul City in December 2019. After preliminary consultation with the City Urban Architecture Joint Committee, conditional approval was obtained at the traffic impact assessment review.

According to the detailed development plan (draft), the project site will include a large general hospital (810 beds), residential apartments (990 units), office buildings, and infrastructure (roads, plazas, green spaces, public offices) accounting for about 24% of the project area, expected to lead to improvements in road traffic and urban environment changes around Geumcheon-gu Office Station.

Additionally, the general hospital plans to establish a specialization strategy through 'focused development of treatment methods for high-difficulty severe diseases' such as the five major cancers, geriatric diseases, pediatric diseases, and 'R&D projects.'

The district expects that once the general hospital is built, it will play a significant role in strengthening the infectious disease response system, whose importance has been highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The detailed development plan (draft) is scheduled to be officially announced in the second half of this year after review by the City Urban Architecture Joint Committee. The district plans to accelerate the general hospital construction project with a goal of starting construction in 2021 and completing it by 2025.

Alongside this, the 'Geumcheon-gu Office Station Complex Development Project,' which involves constructing 230 units of Happy Housing and a new station building with mixed functions such as commercial, office, and cultural facilities on the railway site adjacent to the Daehan Electric Wire site, is gaining momentum with final agreements from related organizations, aiming for completion in 2025.

Yu Seong-hoon, Mayor of Geumcheon-gu, said, "With the passing of this traffic impact assessment review, the general hospital construction project has gained momentum," adding, "Once the large general hospital and residential apartment construction project on the Daehan Electric Wire site and the Geumcheon-gu Office Station complex development project are completed, the area around Geumcheon-gu Office Station is expected to be further enhanced as a gateway city of the southwest region, strengthening Geumcheon-gu's status."

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