The Moreno Medical Campus will be adjacent to the 101-bed MorenoValley Community Hospital and close to Aquabella, a 3,000-unitsenior lifestyle community under development by Highland FairviewCommunities. The development site runs along Iris Avenue nearOliver Street, where the remaining five acres not designated forMoreno Medical Campus will be set aside for additional medicalfacilities.

Moreno Valley has been one of the fastest growing cities in thefast-growing Inland Empire in recent years, prompting a demand formore medical facilities. It is California's sixth fastest growingcity and the second most populous in Riverside County with morethan 180,000 residents.

To serve its residents, including a growing senior citizenpopulation, the city has actively recruited construction of new,more modern medical facilities. Rick Hartmann, deputy city managerfor Moreno Valley, says that the new Omni West Group and HG Capitalproject will help to meet that demand.