The Seattle Department of Planning and Development has approved a land use application from Swedish Medical Center to allow a 109,000 square foot addition to its existing Ballard campus, at 5350 Tallman Ave. N.W.

An environmental impact review is not required.

The expansion of the campus is to add a new outpatient center and medical office.

The project includes 35,060 square feet of hospital and 74,263 square feet of office space. Parking for vehicles will be provided within the existing 510 stalls on campus. Also included in the project, a 62 by 12 foot skybridge.

The new facility will be five stories high with 109,000 square feet. The site is adjacent to the current Medical Plaza Building.

The the campus was originally the Ballard Community Hospital and was built in 1928.