Kaiser Permanente officially broke ground Wednesday on its $1 billion-plus Railyards Medical Center, an 18-acre medical campus set to transform Sacramento’s health care landscape and downtown. The facility, scheduled to open in 2029, is expected to create thousands of jobs, and serve as a key anchor for downtown redevelopment.

A rendering shows Kaiser Permanente’s Railyards Medical Center, which broke ground on Wednesday. With a expected completion date in 2029, the new facility will include an eight-story, 662,050-square-foot hospital and a five-story, 173,000-square-foot medical office. Kaiser Permanente

The 18-acre medical campus in the Railyards will provide an eight-story, 662,050-square-foot hospital, outpatient medical offices and a new parking garage.