The move comes nearly a decade after the health care giant warned that its Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley would shutter by 2030 because state-mandated seismic upgrades were infeasible for the 120-year-old complex — stirring fears of a “hospital desert” in the East Bay.

The $1 billion Emeryville campus will include a 200-bed hospital. After it opens around 2032, Alta Bates will close its hospital but offer outpatient surgery, an urgent care clinic and possibly skilled nursing.

Sutter Health is set to invest $1 billion in a new medical campus in Emeryville, featuring state-of-the-art facilities, including a flagship hospital and outpatient services, aimed to serve the growing healthcare needs of the East Bay.

Sutter Health is investing $1B to expand its services across the East Bay, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.