Location
Located just minutes from the Grey Nuns Community Hospital and Mill Woods Town Centre, Covenant Wellness Community — Lakewood is designed to meet the needs of one of Edmonton’s fastest-growing and most diverse communities. It sets a new standard for integrated, community-based care.
Covenant Wellness Community — Lakewood
The wellness community in southeast Edmonton will be developed in phases over the next few years, depending on market conditions, financing and healthcare priorities. Once complete, it will be a vibrant, mixed-use campus that combines health services, housing, retail and social services to support all aspects of well-being.
The Community Health Centre is the first phase of the Covenant Wellness Community — Lakewood development.
Community Health Centre
The Community Health Centre (CHC) is the first phase of the Covenant Wellness Community development. Scheduled to open in fall 2025, the three-storey building will include approximately 190,000 square feet of space, with a two-level underground parkade. It will house health-related services, including several clinics transferred from the Grey Nuns Community Hospital and a primary care centre. It will also offer additional space for future clinical health services.
Key programs
The centre will include:
medical/surgical clinics
outpatient mental health services
a diabetes education centre
outpatient cardiac rehabilitation, a preadmission clinic and a surgical booking office
a conference education centre, public space, and administration and building support services
Relocated services and clinics from the Grey Nuns Community Hospital will be listed closer to the centre’s opening.
Retail services
Retail services will provide wraparound supports for patients and families visiting the health centre.
Tenants will include:
Amplify Hearing Clinic
Arch Dental
Aria MD Sleep Centre
chiropractor clinic
Chopped Leaf
Cornerstone Counselling
Edmonton Physio Labs
Horizon Pharmacy and Medical Clinic
InnHome Healthcare
MIC Medical Imaging
Next Step Physio
Square One Coffee
Synergy Denture Clinic
Therapeutic Body Concepts
Visionary Eye Centre
Community Health Centre
The Community Health Centre is the first phase of the Covenant Wellness Community — Lakewood development located on 11.2 acres at 28 Avenue NW and Lakewood Road East NW in Edmonton, Alberta.
Scheduled to open in fall 2025, the three-storey building will include approximately 190,000 square feet of space, with a two-level underground parkade. It will house health-related services, including several clinics transferred from the Grey Nuns Community Hospital and a primary care centre. It will also offer additional space for future clinical health services.
Key programs and services
The centre will include:
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cardiac rehabilitation
preadmission clinic
Centre for Diabetes Care
nutrition clinic
medical and surgical clinics
seniors’ clinic
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Community Geriatric Psychiatry program (relocated from Westmount Mall and Ermineskin Shopping Centre)
outpatient mental health services
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doctors’ offices
diagnostic and laboratory services
primary care clinic
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health and wellness services
food vendors
conference education centre
public space
administration and building support services
Retail services
Retail services will provide wraparound supports for patients and families visiting the health centre.
Tenants will include:
Amplify Hearing Clinic
Arch Dental
Aria MD Sleep Centre
chiropractor clinic
Chopped Leaf
Cornerstone Counselling
Edmonton Physio Labs
Horizon Pharmacy and Medical Clinic
InnHome Healthcare
MIC Medical Imaging
Next Step Physio
Square One Coffee
Synergy Denture Clinic
Therapeutic Body Concepts
Visionary Eye Centre
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Future phases
In addition to the Community Health Centre, the master plan for Covenant Wellness Community — Lakewood includes building the following phases over the next few years:
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The Integrated Seniors’ Continuing Care Centre will be a state-of-the-art continuing care facility to support older adults, both those who live in the centre and those who live in the community.
Seniors’ care and services
The centre will include a seniors’ care residence with approximately 250 suites. This innovative model integrates long-term care, supportive living, restorative care and palliative care, allowing residents to remain in their homes even as their needs change.
Residents will have access to many of Covenant Wellness Community — Lakewood’s services and supports, including the Community Health Centre and curated retail options. Smart technologies and senior-friendly design, coupled with an accessible service model, will ensure quality and convenience for seniors.
Centre of excellence for seniors’ innovation
The Integrated Seniors’ Continuing Care Centre will also house a centre of excellence for seniors’ innovation, which will bring families, caregivers and technology providers together to spearhead innovation and research.
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Approximately 200 multigenerational residential units will be developed in several stages, creating homes for people of all ages and backgrounds. These affordable homes will also support seniors to live and age independently in their homes, provide access to comprehensive health services and support people to enjoy activities that enhance their well-being.
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The Covenant Wellness Community — Lakewood plans include commercial areas and space for development as the campus grows and needs emerge. Rental space will be available for businesses that offer services and supports for residents and patients.
Benefits
The full “campus of care” approach at Covenant Wellness Community — Lakewood transforms the way community health needs are met in southeast Edmonton.
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Covenant Wellness Community — Lakewood will provide much-needed relief to the Grey Nuns Community Hospital emergency department. The project will prevent/avert a multimillion-dollar hospital expansion, increase system capacity and ensure the best use of hospital space.
Current challenges
Designed for 25,000 emergency visits annually, the hospital currently sees around 75,000 people. Approximately 25 per cent of these visits are semi-urgent or non-urgent and could be better addressed in the community.
The hospital serves a growing number of older adults and people with mental health concerns who are admitted in crisis and often stay in hospital for long periods before returning home or to continuing care.
Solution
Relocating outpatient clinics from the Grey Nuns hospital to the Community Health Centre will free up hospital space to accommodate an expansion of the emergency department. The Community Health Centre will be home to medical and surgical clinics, outpatient mental health, diabetes education, cardiac rehabilitation and other services. It will also provide leased space for doctors’ offices, complementary medical services (diagnostic and laboratory) and other health and wellness supports.
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The design for Covenant Wellness Community — Lakewood reimagines seniors’ care to better serve older Albertans. It will bridge a healthcare gap for seniors who need support but not necessarily in a hospital or institutional setting. It integrates features — such as access to transportation, healthy food and exercise sites — to help seniors stay independent, healthy and active in their community.
Integrated Seniors’ Continuing Care Centre
The Integrated Seniors’ Continuing Care Centre will provide a continuum of care to allow residents to age in place, even as their care needs change. Care levels may include adult day support and/or respite care, restorative care, continuing care (based on the levels of care provided within the building) and palliative care.
The centre will also house a centre of excellence for seniors’ innovation, which will bring families, caregivers and technology providers together to spearhead innovation and research.
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The project recognizes health services delivery as an economic driver and incorporates a multisectoral approach to capital development. It will provide vital services for Albertans while creating jobs and leveraging private expertise, making efficient use of limited taxpayer dollars.
This project will create over 600 construction jobs, with over half a million hours of labour needed to construct the Community Health Centre alone. It will also create more than 1,300 permanent jobs among health and wellness partners, retail services and housing.
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Responsible and sustainable construction practices are a priority for Covenant Wellness Community — Lakewood.
Recycling and repurposing
About 80 per cent of materials from the demolition of the MacEwan University Southeast Campus building formerly on the site will be recycled or repurposed for the development.
Sustainable practices and technology
The project incorporates modern sustainability practices and technologies, including sustainable landscaping and efficient mechanical and electrical systems, and will be able to integrate future sustainable technologies.
Sustainable transportation
Covenant Wellness Community — Lakewood is pedestrian- and bike-friendly and includes access to transit and electrical vehicle charging stations.
Funding
We expect the project to cost $250 million in total. The Community Health Centre will cost $121 million, with costs covered through medical, retail and residential revenue as well as operational savings.
“In 2022, work began on Phase 1 of our exciting Covenant Wellness Community — Lakewood, which will be the Community Health Centre. When opened in fall 2025, the centre will serve as a one-stop wellness hub for one of Edmonton’s fastest-growing and most diverse neighbourhoods and a model for community-based care for the entire province.”