PeaceHealth plans to sell 50 acres of undeveloped residential-zoned property near Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield. 

The healthcare system announced Friday it will list for sale land behind the hospital along the McKenzie River. The parcel, accessible at the corner of Baldy View and Deadmond Ferry roads, is zoned medium-density residential. 

“PeaceHealth has owned this parcel of land since the initial purchase of RiverBend with the plan of one day listing it for sale and residential development,” Dr. Jim McGovern, chief hospital executive for the PeaceHealth Oregon Network, is quoted as saying in a press release. “With the state’s housing expansion goals in mind, that time has come.” 

The organization is expecting hundreds of new jobs in the area with plans for rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals underway.

PeaceHealth said it is keeping more than 40 acres of land for future projects that may require close proximity to the hospital.