RIVERSIDE, CA-Dallas-based developer KDC has signed a memorandum of understanding to develop March LifeCare medical complex at the former March Air Force Base, which was decommissioned in 1996. KDC is partnering with March HealthCare Development to construct Zone One, considered the gateway to the campus, and the first of 11 zones. Zone One comprises 35 acres and is entitled for 1.2 million square feet of building space with 2,900 parking spaces. It will include general and specialty hospitals, medical office buildings, outpatient services and an ambulatory surgery center.

Once the 11 zones are complete and the project is built out, the March LifeCare medical complex will comprise 236 acres and will house approximately six million square feet of health care related development, including a 550-bed hospital, medical buildings, a hotel, retirement community, centers of clinical excellence, ambulatory care facilities, a hotel, retail and training facilities.

The March Joint Powers Authority, a commission that represents the county and the adjoining cities, has been overseeing the redevelopment effort. In July 2010, March HealthCare Development broke ground on the new medical complex during a ceremony that included the demolition of the 16 remaining structures at the former base.