Miami Jewish Health Breaks Ground On Senior Living Development With $91M In Loans

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Miami Jewish Health and McDowell Housing Partners broke ground on a senior living and health care facility in Pembroke Pines after obtaining $91 million in construction loans.

Douglas Gardens IV, a partnership between the Miami-based nonprofit and Miami-based affordable housing developer MHP, holds a land lease with the state of Florida for the 14-acre site at 705 S.W. 88th Ave. It’s part of the larger 25-acre Douglas Gardens campus, where Miami Jewish already manages 323 units of affordable senior housing.

The expansion will consist of 410 senior living units, with 390 of them affordable housing and 20 of them market-rate units, plus a 15,000-square-foot medical facility, said Christopher Shear, chief operating officer of MHP. Miami Jewish Health President and CEO Jeffrey Freimark said the health care facility would house its PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) services for Medicare/Medicaid eligible seniors.

 

Source:  SFBJ

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Lakewood Ranch Medical Center In Florida Plans $120M Patient Tower

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Lakewood Ranch Medical Center (LWRMC) has announced plans to add a new $120 million, five-story, 60-bed patient tower to the Lakewood Ranch campus.

Located in the heart of the Lakewood Ranch community, which is located in southeastern Manatee County and northeastern Sarasota County, the acute-care hospital currently has 120-beds and provides a full array of medical services ranging from cardiovascular, surgical and orthopedics to stroke, maternity and obstetrical care, intensive care and emergency services.

Construction of the new 170,000 sq. ft. tower is Phase 1 of a multi-phase plan for facility expansion scheduled to take place during the next several years. The first phase will add 60 patient beds and will include expansion of key ancillary departments including Pharmacy, Laboratory, Education, Pre-Admission Testing and Food and Nutrition Services. The tower will include shell space for an additional 60 patient beds, the ability to add two more floors, and expansion of other areas as the hospital continues to grow its services. The addition of patient beds and services will also result in the addition of approximately 100 new jobs.

“The significant population growth we’ve experienced since 2016, and projected growth during the next several years, are driving the need for this expansion,” explains Andy Guz, Chief Executive Officer at LWRMC. “We are looking forward to expanding our capacity so we can continue to provide the high-quality care that meets the medical needs of our community.”

Pre-construction work on the 60-bed patient tower is slated to begin this year and the first phase of the project is expected to be completed in 2025.

 

Source:  healthcare design

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Baptist Health Fishermen’s Community Hospital Breaks Ground On Medical Arts Facility

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Baptist Health Fishermen’s Community Hospital has broken ground on its new medical arts building in Marathon, Florida.

Slated for completion in 2024, the building will enhance the vision of making Fishermen’s Community Hospital an all-inclusive medical campus, featuring Baptist Health Medical Group Primary Care physicians and specialty practices, rehabilitation services, an expanded infusion therapy center and more. This construction milestone comes more than a year after the hospital unveiled the new state of the art facility.

“Baptist Health is committed to supporting the overall health and well-being of the communities in the Florida Keys,” said Drew Grossman, CEO of Baptist Health Fishermen’s Community Hospital and Baptist Health Mariners Hospital. “The groundbreaking of the new medical arts facility will further allow us to provide the best healthcare to all residents and visitors alike.”

The new medical arts building at Baptist Health Fishermen’s Community Hospital will span 10,000 square feet, offering specialty services in orthopedics, hand surgery, general surgery, gastroenterology and more. Physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and other rehabilitation services will also be on-site as well as infusion therapy, provided in collaboration with Miami Cancer Institute, part of Baptist Health Cancer Care, and multiple treatment rooms for patients.

Fishermen’s Community Hospital has been caring for the Florida Keys community since it first opened its doors in 1962. The hospital was then closed in September 2017 when Hurricane Irma caused extensive damage to much of the area. A field hospital was quickly opened to provide uninterrupted care to the community. In July 2018, Baptist Health replaced the field hospital with a modular facility, before opening the brand-new facility in 2021.

 

Source:  South Florida Hospital News

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Mayo Clinic In Florida Adding 210-Acre North Campus In Jacksonville

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Mayo Clinic in Florida, which opened 37 years ago in South Jacksonville, is adding a 210-acre North Campus to its San Pablo Road property.

That expands its 392-acre medical center property to 602 acres.

A master development plan dated Oct. 27, 2022, shows that Mayo still has land available for development at its Main Campus at 4500 San Pablo Road S., north of Butler Boulevard. The additional land is along W.M. Davis Parkway, northwest of the Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Development of Regional Impact. It is a development plan that adds decades to Mayo Clinic in Florida’s ability to expand.

The Davis family, founders of the Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. supermarket chain, conveyed about 400 acres for the original campus, which Mayo opened in 1986. Duval County property records show that an entity of the Davis family conveyed the additional 210 acres to Mayo Clinic Jacksonville on Oct. 25, 2022.

The Jacksonville clinic was Mayo’s first facility opened outside of its home base in Rochester, Minnesota. It opened an Arizona campus in 1987. The story is that Davis family patriarch J.E. Davis, considered one of Jacksonville’s most powerful business leaders, was so pleased by the care he received at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota that he led the recruitment drive to bring Mayo to Jacksonville. That has led to a larger campus.

“Mayo Clinic in Florida plans to strategically grow across our 602 acres over several decades, spurring significant economic development and creating thousands of new jobs in the medical sector,” said spokesperson Kevin Punsky in an email Jan. 31.

The statement said:

“Mayo Clinic plans to further expand and enable our vision of a truly unique health care ecosystem that leverages the most advanced spaces and technologies to support our clinical practice, education, research and innovation activities for the remainder of this century.”

Punsky,  Mayo Clinic in Florida communications manager, said the plan “will deliver best-in-class facilities, immersive and experimental learning environments, and innovation technology hubs that drive strategic collaborations dedicated to advancing scientific discoveries.”

The property land uses for the additional acreage are designated as medical, related residential and hotel.

Those are similar to the uses at Mayo’s Main Campus at southeast San Pablo Road and W.M. Davis Parkway. W. M. Davis was the father of J.E. Davis and considered the founding father of Winn-Dixie.

 

City Council Legislation

Mayo Clinic Jacksonville submitted an application Nov. 28 to the city for changes to the DRI for the expansion. City Council will review Ordinance 2023-13 to approve the changes.  A public hearing is scheduled Feb. 14 at Council and Feb. 22 at the Council Land Use and Zoning Committee. The committee introduced legislation to amend the Mayo DRI, which was approved in 1988 and modified and amended. The phasing and build-out also has been extended. The build-out now is extended to 2045 with a total 7.5 million square feet of primarily medical-related facilities, along with hotel rooms. Punsky explained that the DRI amendment would be extended two years through 2045, but the additional property gives the medical center enough property to grow for 100 years.

DRIs in Florida were reviewed by the state to identify the regional and state impacts of large-scale developments. In 2018, the state eliminated the review process for existing DRIs, leaving that to local governments.

The Smith Hulsey & Busey law firm and the Prosser Inc. civil engineering firm are the agents.

The application says standalone commercial, office or residential uses will be permitted within the North Campus through converted related medical and support facilities or hotel facilities.

Punsky said the 210 acres were not part of a DRI and were approved for multiuse residential. Once the land is added to the DRI, Mayo will need to amend the land use and rezone the property.

Investment Tops $1 Billion 

Mayo Clinic in Florida says that in the 37 years since it opened in Jacksonville, it has grown from a single five-story building to three main patient care buildings, a hospital, two research buildings and a collection of free-standing clinical care facilities, administrative buildings and support centers.

Mayo Clinic’s campus in Florida started with 35 physicians and 145 support staff. Today, the campus has about 9,000 employees.

Mayo Clinic in Florida says it provides diagnosis, medical treatment, surgery and care for more than 168,000 patients annually in 40 specialty areas. It says that since 2016, it has invested more than $1 billion in major construction projects, more than doubling its space by 2026 with new facilities for patient care, biomedical research, education and technology. The major projects include the Discovery and Innovation Building and the Dorothy J. and Harry T. Mangurian Jr. Building.

Mayo Clinic will add more than 600,000 square feet of space for medical destinations, patient care, biomedical research and technology by 2025. The opening of Mayo helped establish health care as one of Jacksonville’s major industries.

 

Source:  Jacksonville Daily Record

 

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AdventHealth Breaks Ground On $45.7M Daytona Beach Medical Office Buillding/Surgery Center

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Residents of east Volusia County will soon have a new and convenient option for outpatient surgical services.

AdventHealth has broken ground on an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) that will provide a wide range of procedures including cardiac, general surgery, orthopedics, and several other specialties. The building is on AdventHealth’s existing Daytona Beach campus on Memorial Medical Parkway.

The 3-floor, 60,000-square-foot building will contain four operating rooms and two catheterization labs, and will be the medical office home to the Cardiology Physicians Group and North Florida Surgeons specialty group.

It is slated to open in January 2024.

“We look forward to adding this beautiful facility to the AdventHealth Daytona Beach campus,” said David Weis, president & CEO of AdventHealth Daytona Beach. “This project represents an exciting collaboration with two of the leading independent physician groups in our area and will be a destination center for cardiovascular, surgical, and women’s outpatient care.”

Outpatient surgery centers are not only convenient, offering an excellent patient experience, but also provide lower-cost options for the community to access high-quality care.

On the first floor of the building will be a 6,500-square foot AdventHealth cardiac rehabilitation clinic, imaging services, and an 8,300-square-foot surgical clinic for North Florida Surgeons. The second floor will house a 20,000-square-foot cardiology clinic for Cardiology Physicians Group, and the third floor will have a 20,000-square-foot ambulatory surgery center (ASC) that will be used by both medical groups and a number of other independent and AdventHealth Medical Group physicians.

“We see a great benefit to offering a separate venue for outpatient procedures,” said Dr. Dinesh Arab of Cardiology Physicians Group, who serves as director of interventional cardiology at AdventHealth Daytona Beach. “This facility will allow a seamless way for patients who don’t require acute care to have their procedures done quickly and conveniently.”

 

“North Florida Surgeons is excited to partner with AdventHealth in building this cutting-edge outpatient surgical facility,” added Dr. Mark White of North Florida Surgeons. “Having our office in the same building makes it very convenient for our patients to get 5-star surgical care all in one facility.”

The $45.7 million building is a joint venture between AdventHealth and health care real estate services firm Meadows & Ohly. The architect on the project is Hunton Brady, and the general contractor is Brasfield & Gorrie.

 

 

Source:  FlaglerLive.com

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