A final plan to expand Samaritan Bethany’s senior housing campus near downtown Rochester won unanimous city council approval on Monday. The plan calls for adding two additions — a three-story building and a five-story building — on the campus just west of the Super America store at Seventh Street and North Broadway. Construction may start as soon as December. The nursing home complex will also undergo a major renovation as part of the project.
The project is intended to consolidate the near-downtown campus with Samaritan Bethany’s facilities near Assisi Heights in northwest Rochester. The council approval included the final plan, and also a conditional use permit for Samaritan Bethany to add two parking lots, totaling 44 spaces, one block north of its campus.