ANTHC skilled nursing facility moves into finish phases ahead of January 2027 opening

The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium's 80-bed skilled nursing facility in Anchorage now targets a January 2027 completion, updated from earlier summer 2026 estimates, as the project moves into simultaneous interior and exterior finish phases.

The consortium reported Tuesday that interior and exterior finish work is underway on the $69 million, 92,000-square-foot building at Ambassador Drive and Elmore Road on the Alaska Native Health Campus.

Inside, crews are hanging, taping, and texturing corridor walls, installing ceiling grids on the first floor and in stairwells, and advancing countertop installation across phases 2 through 6. Workers are also finishing insulation on plumbing lines and ductwork in phase 5 and completing infrastructure for the sprinkler system.

Outside, stone masons are wrapping up the oxygen enclosure, crews are installing phenolic panels and a weather barrier for the exterior siding, and a porte cochere is under construction while civil crews develop the parking lot. Campus visitors should expect increased construction noise near the work area.

ANTHC describes the facility as a short-term transitional care building, not long-term custodial care, designed to ease discharge pressure at the Alaska Native Medical Center and reduce bottlenecks for patients referred from rural clinics statewide.

The consortium acknowledged the limits of that scope. "While this project is a historic investment that advances self-determination in the health care Alaska Native and American Indian people in our state receive, it will not resolve the significant statewide long-term care needs we recognize will need to be addressed in the future."