STAMFORD — Stamford Health has received preliminary approval for a major expansion of its downtown campus, including a new cancer-care center, expanded parking and relocated behavioral health and inpatient rehabilitation units. The city’s Planning Board this week approved a zoning change for part of the hospital campus and a special permit with conditions. The proposal remains in its early stages, and a final site plan has not been submitted. The Planning Board’s approval sends the project to the Zoning Board for further review and potential approvals. The existing Bennett Cancer Center would be relocated to a new, 73,000-square-foot building. Stamford Health’s behavioral health unit and inpatient rehabilitation program also would be relocated, with behavioral health moving into the existing cancer center building. The project would increase parking on the campus from 1,400 to 1,696 spaces. It would include a new 355-space parking garage and additional surface lots off West Broad Street. Planning Board members expressed concerns about the hospital’s expansion toward nearby Stillwater Avenue, a residential street. Stamford Health acquired a property on Stillwater Avenue and plans to use it for parking during construction.
Stamford Health’s $275 million expansion gets preliminary approval
