UC San Diego Starts Building Its New Hillcrest Hospital
ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins65% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 65%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 262 daysUC San Diego says "major construction activities [are] anticipated to begin summer 2027", a season rather than a day. Completion: UC San Diego Planning, Design & Construction current-projects page (read Sep 2026) lists the Hillcrest Medical Center Renewal Project, with major construction "anticipated to begin summer 2027", as "Anticipated Completion: 2033".[1]
Major construction begins on the Hillcrest Medical Center Renewal Project, replacing the hospital built as the county hospital in 1963 with about 800,000 square feet holding roughly 300 licensed beds and a Level One trauma centre. The wider Hillcrest redevelopment is a ten-year, $2.5-3 billion programme finishing in 2033.
