Location
Located just minutes from the Grey Nuns Community Hospital and Mill Woods Town Centre, Lakewood Covenant Wellness Community 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.
Lakewood Covenant Wellness Community
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.
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
Lakewood Covenant Community Health Centre
The three-storey, 190,000-square-foot building is now open and features a two-level underground parkade. Over the coming months, it will welcome a variety of health services, including several clinics moving from the Grey Nuns Community Hospital and a new primary care centre. The centre also has room to grow, with space set aside for future health and wellness services.
Key programs and services
The centre includes:
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cardiac rehabilitation
Centre for Diabetes Care
medical and surgical clinics
nutrition clinic
preadmission clinic
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
Learn more about programs and services available at the Lakewood Covenant Community Health Centre.
Retail services
Retail services provide wraparound supports for patients and families visiting the health centre.
The tenants include:
Align Spine and Wellness
Amplify Hearing Clinic
Arch Dental
Aria MD Sleep Centre
Caremed Wellness
Chopped Leaf
Cornerstone Counselling
Horizon Pharmacy and Medical Clinic
MIC Medical Imaging
Next Step Physio
Square 1 Coffee
Therapeutic Body Concepts
The Denture Specialists
Visionary Eye Centre
Find your way
Lakewood Covenant Wellness Community is located at 28 Avenue NW and Lakewood Road East NW in Edmonton, Alberta.
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Future phases
In addition to the Covenant Community Health Centre, the master plan for Lakewood Covenant Wellness Community 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 Lakewood Covenant Wellness Community services and supports, including the Covenant 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 Lakewood Covenant Wellness Community transforms the way community health needs are met in southeast Edmonton.
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Lakewood Covenant Wellness Community provides much-needed relief to the Grey Nuns Community Hospital emergency department. The project prevents/averts a multimillion-dollar hospital expansion, increases system capacity and ensures 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 Lakewood Covenant Community Health Centre frees up hospital space to accommodate an expansion of the emergency department. The Lakewood Covenant Community Health Centre is home to medical and surgical clinics, outpatient mental health, diabetes education, cardiac rehabilitation and other services. It also provides leased space for doctors’ offices, complementary medical services (diagnostic and laboratory) and other health and wellness supports.
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The design for Lakewood Covenant Wellness Community reimagines seniors’ care to better serve older Albertans, bridging a healthcare gap for seniors who need support but not necessarily in a hospital or institutional setting. The design 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 Lakewood Covenant Community Health Centre alone. It will also create more than 1,300 permanent jobs among health and wellness partners, retail services and housing.
We expect the project to cost $250 million in total. The Lakewood Covenant Community Health Centre is budgeted at $121 million, with costs covered through medical, retail and residential revenue as well as operational savings.
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Responsible and sustainable construction practices are a priority for Lakewood Covenant Wellness Community.
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
Lakewood Covenant Wellness Community is pedestrian- and bike-friendly and includes access to transit and electrical vehicle charging stations.