The Lions Manor is expected to be rebuilt by 2028 at its original location in Steveston.
B.C. Premier David Eby and Health Minister Adrian Dix were at the temporary location on Bridgeport Road – where the long-term care facility has been located now for nine years – to announce the construction of an eight-storey long-term care facility, with 144 beds, 14 hospice beds, respite care and a 37-space child-care centre.
The project is expected to cost $177.7 million, and it will be operated by Vancouver Coastal Health.
The Lions Manor on Fentiman Place in Steveston closed nine years ago because the building, constructed in 1970, was in disrepair. At that point, the residents were moved to a hotel on Bridgeport Road to what was deemed a “temporary” location.
The new facility will have private rooms for all residents and will be divided into 12-resident “households.”
Dix confirmed to the Richmond News that medical assistance in dying (MAID) will be allowed at the hospice in the new Lions Manor. The Salvation Army Rotary Hospice House in Richmond doesn’t allow MAID at its facility, and anyone at the hospice who wants to access it needs to be transferred to Richmond Hospital.
The current temporary facility on Bridgeport Road has 86 beds.
The project will now enter the procurement phase and construction is expected to begin in 2025.
