The Sarasota Memorial Health Care System has closed on the purchase of the former Sarasota Herald-Tribune building on Main Street where it plans to relocate more than 300 support-services personnel.
The hospital’s $17.3 million project includes renovating the three-story, 72,408-square-foot building on 3.8 acres at 1741 Main St. and constructing a one-story parking structure.
Moving the employees will free space for growth on the hospital’s main campus and improve “interdepartmental efficiencies” among support service departments scattered in different buildings, according to hospital officials.
The hospital paid $10.68 million for the building, spokeswoman Kim Savage said Wednesday. The proposal approved in October included $2.26 million to build the parking platform on top of the existing parking lot to add 90 spaces to the current 240 ground-level parking spots. The hospital board on Tuesday approved entering into a contract with A.D. Morgan Corp. of Bradenton to design and build it. Construction is estimated to take 10 weeks.
“We hope to move employees into the building this summer, but our plans depend on the amount of time it takes to obtain necessary permits and build the parking platform,” Savage said.
Once that construction and the building renovation is completed, employees will be moved over four to six weeks, she said. They will primarily work daytime hours Monday through Friday.
“Purchasing the former Herald-Tribune building is a good move for the hospital and the community,” hospital board member Tramm Hudson said. “It will allow us to expand clinical areas to better serve our growing community and relocate about 300 non-clinical staff members who now work in multiple sites to one downtown location.
“We believe centralizing those team members will enable greater collaboration and efficiencies as well as provide additional parking on our main campus for our patients and visitors,” Hudson said.
Local developer Wayne Ruben signed a contract in June to buy the building, most recently listed for $13.95 million, with unspecified plans to redevelop the property. Officials say he approached the hospital last summer about buying the property. Sarasota Memorial had been looking into constructing a new support services facility at its Clark Road campus.
Built in 2006, the building was first listed for sale at $18.1 million when it was fully leased to the Herald-Tribune and IberiaBank. The Herald-Tribune moved to the SunTrust building next door in February 2017 and the building has been vacant since SNN News Now left last month.
It had been owned by an affiliate of Halifax Media Holdings of Little Rock, Arkansas, which sold the newspaper to New Media Investment Group and Gatehouse Media in early 2015. The New York Times Co., a previous owner of the newspaper under which the building was constructed for about $18 million, sold the property for $17.4 million in 2012. It was designed by the Miami firm Arquitectonica with almost 2,000 panes of glass.
“It’s a terrific addition for that end of Main Street,”′ said Ian Black, whose commercial real estate firm’s Steve Horn represented the seller along with JLL’s Brent Miller.
The Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, an 839-bed regional medical center, is among the largest public health systems in Florida. It has more than 5,000 staff and 900 physicians, primarily in its main campus at 1700 S. Tamiami Trail.
Its growth has created space challenges. For example, the perioperative suite and cardiology department at Sarasota Memorial Hospital are hampered by their current space and lack of room to expand, hospital staff said in its recommendation to buy the building in October.
Under the plan, Sarasota Memorial plans to consolidate administrative functions that now are at four locations. Supply-chain management, corporate compliance, the First Physicians Group central business office and clinical business systems would be moved from the main campus.
The “revenue cycle” operation, which includes patient financial services and registration, will move from Hillview Street. The corporate finance department will relocate from Bee Ridge Road, and physician IT services will come from the Doctors Gardens building south of the hospital across Arlington Street.
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Boca Raton Regional Hospital has launched a campaign to raise $250 million for expanding, including the construction of a patient tower on its campus.
The announcement came as the nonprofit hospital prepares for a merger with Miami-based Baptist Health South Florida. That affiliate is expected to be finalized in summer 2019. However, BRRH will maintain its identity.
Its fundraising campaign has showcased how the Boca Raton hospital has one of the deepest donor networks in South Florida. It has already raised $115 million, with donations coming from board members Christine E. Lynn, Stanley and Marilyn Barry, Richard and Barbara Schmidt, Elaine J. Wold, and Louis B. and Anne W. Green.
“We stand at the threshold of an extraordinary future for Boca Raton Regional Hospital, one borne of a powerful and visionary long-term plan,” said BRRH President and CEO Jerry Fedele, who will retire after the Baptist Health deal is consummated. “As always, our supporters of the Hospital have demonstrated their spirit, commitment, and unflagging devotion by helping ensure these plans become reality. We all owe them a debt of gratitude for the sophisticated level of healthcare we will all enjoy as we move forward with this transformative initiative.”
The hospital hopes to expand its campus with a seven-story patient tower. This 180,000-square-foot building would include surgical suites, a patient lobby, and three floors set aside for future growth. The 400 rooms in the current hospital building would be converted to all private rooms with a major renovation, plus a 20-bed observation unit would be added.
BRRH also plans to build a 972-space parking garage.
“We’ve all come together in the spirit of Gloria Drummond, whose pioneering spirit helped build this hospital, to help take us to the next level as a healthcare provider,” said Lynn, chairman of BRRH. “We hope and expect those who care deeply about sophisticated world-class healthcare will embrace this effort and help us bridge the gap between the $115 million we’ve raised to date and the $250 million we need to move forward. Our community has always been there for the hospital, as demonstrably as the hospital has been there for the community.”
It is a $250 million project that brings Doral its first hospital.
Nestled right up next to the Palmetto Expressway and 25th Street, the Jackson West Medical Center is rising fast.
That’s not surprising considering that up 300 workers could be on the site at one time.
With an expected finish date of May 2020, the 100 bed hospital may look out of place in the midst of a warehouse industrial area.
“You have over 60,000 people who live here already full time, and approximately 50 to 70,000 people daytime that work here,” said Carlos Migoya, President of Jackson Health System.
Migoya says that the 585,000 residents living in and around the Doral, Sweetwater and Miami Springs area have dealt with increasingly frustrating traffic.
“The fact is Doral has grown tremendously and if you look at the five year plan, you will have more than 100,000 people living here,” said Migoya.
Other hospital organizations went to court to try and halt the project, saying that Doral was already well served by existing hospitals.
“If you live in Doral, the closest hospital here is seven miles,” said Migoya. “Seven miles in Doral is like dog years because of the traffic.”
The hospital will include an adult and pediatric emergency room, diagnostic center, outpatient clinics, a children’s clinic, a separate office facility and the 100 bed inpatient hospital.
Construction costs are covered by a bond issue and funds from Jackson Health System, which Migoya says is now earning money.
“The demographics here, the growth in Doral, there has been a need for a complete medical center,” said Migoya.
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On Saturday, December 22, 2018, the U.S. Federal Aviation Authority issued its Final Determination for Vertical Medical City, new complex medical project for Downtown Orlando by developer Ponte Health Properties, LLC.
FAA approved the larger portion of VMC ORL, a curved structure, to a maximum height of 444 Feet AGL (Above Ground Level).
Vertical Medical City, to be built in the northern portion of the Downtown Orlando Central Business District, will be moving forward with pre-construction testing during the early weeks of the first quarter of 2019 and is currently in the Master Planning Phase.
Additionally in the early Planning Phases is Vertical Medical City Chicago, as well as projected strategic international locations including London and Osaka, per the developer’s corporate public records.
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Officials with Healthcare Network of Southwest Florida have been determined for seven years to bring a new medical complex to fruition in the heart of an area where residents face hardships acquiring medical care.
Shovels are hitting the ground Tuesday to begin construction on the Nichols Community Health Center near Green and Collier boulevards in East Naples on the edge of Golden Gate.
Supporters of the nonprofit Healthcare Network and community leaders will celebrate the start of the $15 million complex with three floors that will offer a full array of medical, mental health, dental health and support services like a drive-thru pharmacy.
Healthcare Network has raised a little more than $7 million and hopes to raise the rest during the 15-month construction, said Mike Ellis, president and chief executive officer of the nonprofit.
Healthcare Network was founded in 1977 in Immokalee and has 22 locations today throughout Collier County, including mobile services.
“We need to get this built for the community,” Ellis said.
The three-story complex will be named after Naples philanthropist Jerry Nichols for his substantial gift for the project. Nichols, a wealth management adviser, moved to Naples from Ohio more than 40 years ago. He has been, along with his late wife, Arlene, a major supporter of education, children and veterans in the community.
Ellis said the building will be “program central” because it has just about every type of outpatient care needed, from women’s care to pediatric services, from dental care to behavioral health.
The opening is targeted for spring 2020. Healthcare Network continues to seek philanthropist support to generate the remaining $7.5 million for the construction.
“We can sustain ourselves, but capital projects are where we need help from the community,” Ellis said.
Stephen Wheeler, vice president of development, said the project is exciting and that the community support has been amazing.
In addition to the gift from Nichols, the size of which is not being disclosed, there’s been support from other individuals and the Moorings Park Foundation Senior Services Center, Wheeler said.
Despite Healthcare Network’s lengthy history in the community, many are unaware of its mission and the opportunities to help, he said.
Many Moorings Park employees are likely future patients of the Nichols center, and the retirement community’s human resources office is helping coordinate to make that happen, he said.
The Nichols center’s patient base is 50,000 adults and 12,000 children in the surrounding region.
“We see 60 percent of the children in the community,” Wheeler said.
The center will have 65 employees once it is fully operational. Services will be added incrementally over three years, when it is projected to reach full capacity, according to Ellis.
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