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.
Source: Naples Daily News
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.
Source: Naples Daily News
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.
Source: Naples Daily News
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.
Source: Naples Daily News
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.
Source: Naples Daily News
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.
Source: Naples Daily News
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.
Source: Naples Daily News
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.
Source: Naples Daily News
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.
Source: Naples Daily News
HCA Healthcare purchased nearly 100 acres in Estero for $52.5 million at the end of December, property records show.
The Nashville-based health care system bought the land for a planned hospital in Estero that state regulators approved last year, said Debra McKell, a spokeswoman for HCA West Florida, a division of HCA.
The land is bordered by U.S. 41 to the west, Williams Road to the south and Via Coconut Point to the east. Hertz Global Headquarters sits directly south of the property on Williams Road.
Property records show Fawcett Memorial Hospital, based in Port Charlotte, purchased the 100-acre property Dec. 20 from Estero North Point LTD. Fawcett Memorial Hospital is one of 15 hospitals that belong to HCA West Florida.
A deed for the purchase lists the hospital’s address as One Park Plaza in Nashville, which is the HCA headquarters. McKell confirmed HCA made the purchase. McKell said the land was acquired for the planned hospital and to “explore other uses as well down the road.”
The property purchased by HCA is currently zoned for commercial uses, Estero Community Development Director Mary Gibbs said. HCA would have to rezone the property to allow any medical uses, Gibbs said.
In June, HCA received approval from state regulators to build an 80-bed hospital in Estero. Lee Health also received approval from the state to build an 82-bed hospital at Lee Health – Coconut Point, its $140 million medical campus now open in Estero south of Coconut Road.
Both health care systems have filed legal challenges to each other’s hospital plans.
The 100-acre property purchased by HCA is less than 5 miles north of Lee Health – Coconut Point in Estero, which opened in early December. Also nearby is Collier County-based NCH Healthcare System’s medical facility that recently opened in Bonita Springs, just south of the city’s border with Estero.
The Lee Health – Coconut Point complex had no impact on HCA’s decision to purchase the property in December, McKell said.
“I don’t think we follow other health systems to determine where we’re putting something,” McKell said.
Lee Health has been working with Estero for more than a dozen years to build a hospital in the community, said Mary Briggs, a spokeswoman for Lee Health.
“We think we have the best location. We’ve already built the complementary outpatient services that serve the hospital,” Briggs said. “We’re just moving forward our plans to build that facility.”
Former Florida governor and now Sen. Rick Scott led what was then known as Columbia/HCA between 1987 and 1997. He left amid a federal investigation into its Medicare billing practices, which ultimately forced the company to pay $1.7 billion in penalties and fines between 2000 and 2002.
HCA formerly operated the now-demolished Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center and what was once known as Gulf Coast Hospital. Lee Health acquired both in 2006 in a $535 million deal.
Estero’s Village Center
The 100-acre property purchased by HCA is within Estero’s village center.
Estero has planned the village center to be a walkable, mixed-use downtown for residents and businesses in the community. Land in Estero’s village center stretches from near Coconut Road to just north of Broadway.
Estero Mayor Jim Boesch said the purchase by HCA is great news for the village.
“We’ve waited long for that 100 acres to come to pass,” he said.
Boesch said development on the property will add to the momentum happening in the village center.
He pointed to construction of the Genova condos at the southeast corner of Corkscrew Road and Via Coconut Point and Estero’s pending purchase of 62 acres along the Estero River at the northeast corner of Corkscrew Road and U.S. 41.
The village is expected to close on the Estero River property Monday, Jan. 14.
“My prediction is U.S. 41 and Corkscrew Road will be the center of town,” Boesch said.
Source: Naples Daily News
The land is bordered by U.S. 41 to the west, Williams Road to the south and Via Coconut Point to the east. Hertz Global Headquarters sits directly south of the property on Williams Road.
Property records show Fawcett Memorial Hospital, based in Port Charlotte, purchased the 100-acre property Dec. 20 from Estero North Point LTD. Fawcett Memorial Hospital is one of 15 hospitals that belong to HCA West Florida.
A deed for the purchase lists the hospital’s address as One Park Plaza in Nashville, which is the HCA headquarters. McKell confirmed HCA made the purchase. McKell said the land was acquired for the planned hospital and to “explore other uses as well down the road.”
The property purchased by HCA is currently zoned for commercial uses, Estero Community Development Director Mary Gibbs said. HCA would have to rezone the property to allow any medical uses, Gibbs said.
In June, HCA received approval from state regulators to build an 80-bed hospital in Estero. Lee Health also received approval from the state to build an 82-bed hospital at Lee Health – Coconut Point, its $140 million medical campus now open in Estero south of Coconut Road.
Both health care systems have filed legal challenges to each other’s hospital plans.
The 100-acre property purchased by HCA is less than 5 miles north of Lee Health – Coconut Point in Estero, which opened in early December. Also nearby is Collier County-based NCH Healthcare System’s medical facility that recently opened in Bonita Springs, just south of the city’s border with Estero.
The Lee Health – Coconut Point complex had no impact on HCA’s decision to purchase the property in December, McKell said.
“I don’t think we follow other health systems to determine where we’re putting something,” McKell said.
Lee Health has been working with Estero for more than a dozen years to build a hospital in the community, said Mary Briggs, a spokeswoman for Lee Health.
“We think we have the best location. We’ve already built the complementary outpatient services that serve the hospital,” Briggs said. “We’re just moving forward our plans to build that facility.”
Former Florida governor and now Sen. Rick Scott led what was then known as Columbia/HCA between 1987 and 1997. He left amid a federal investigation into its Medicare billing practices, which ultimately forced the company to pay $1.7 billion in penalties and fines between 2000 and 2002.
HCA formerly operated the now-demolished Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center and what was once known as Gulf Coast Hospital. Lee Health acquired both in 2006 in a $535 million deal.
Estero’s Village Center
The 100-acre property purchased by HCA is within Estero’s village center.
Estero has planned the village center to be a walkable, mixed-use downtown for residents and businesses in the community. Land in Estero’s village center stretches from near Coconut Road to just north of Broadway.
Estero Mayor Jim Boesch said the purchase by HCA is great news for the village.
“We’ve waited long for that 100 acres to come to pass,” he said.
Boesch said development on the property will add to the momentum happening in the village center.
He pointed to construction of the Genova condos at the southeast corner of Corkscrew Road and Via Coconut Point and Estero’s pending purchase of 62 acres along the Estero River at the northeast corner of Corkscrew Road and U.S. 41.
The village is expected to close on the Estero River property Monday, Jan. 14.
“My prediction is U.S. 41 and Corkscrew Road will be the center of town,” Boesch said.
Source: Naples Daily News
A deed for the purchase lists the hospital’s address as One Park Plaza in Nashville, which is the HCA headquarters. McKell confirmed HCA made the purchase. McKell said the land was acquired for the planned hospital and to “explore other uses as well down the road.”
The property purchased by HCA is currently zoned for commercial uses, Estero Community Development Director Mary Gibbs said. HCA would have to rezone the property to allow any medical uses, Gibbs said.
In June, HCA received approval from state regulators to build an 80-bed hospital in Estero. Lee Health also received approval from the state to build an 82-bed hospital at Lee Health – Coconut Point, its $140 million medical campus now open in Estero south of Coconut Road.
Both health care systems have filed legal challenges to each other’s hospital plans.
The 100-acre property purchased by HCA is less than 5 miles north of Lee Health – Coconut Point in Estero, which opened in early December. Also nearby is Collier County-based NCH Healthcare System’s medical facility that recently opened in Bonita Springs, just south of the city’s border with Estero.
The Lee Health – Coconut Point complex had no impact on HCA’s decision to purchase the property in December, McKell said.
“I don’t think we follow other health systems to determine where we’re putting something,” McKell said.
Lee Health has been working with Estero for more than a dozen years to build a hospital in the community, said Mary Briggs, a spokeswoman for Lee Health.
“We think we have the best location. We’ve already built the complementary outpatient services that serve the hospital,” Briggs said. “We’re just moving forward our plans to build that facility.”
Former Florida governor and now Sen. Rick Scott led what was then known as Columbia/HCA between 1987 and 1997. He left amid a federal investigation into its Medicare billing practices, which ultimately forced the company to pay $1.7 billion in penalties and fines between 2000 and 2002.
HCA formerly operated the now-demolished Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center and what was once known as Gulf Coast Hospital. Lee Health acquired both in 2006 in a $535 million deal.
Estero’s Village Center
The 100-acre property purchased by HCA is within Estero’s village center.
Estero has planned the village center to be a walkable, mixed-use downtown for residents and businesses in the community. Land in Estero’s village center stretches from near Coconut Road to just north of Broadway.
Estero Mayor Jim Boesch said the purchase by HCA is great news for the village.
“We’ve waited long for that 100 acres to come to pass,” he said.
Boesch said development on the property will add to the momentum happening in the village center.
He pointed to construction of the Genova condos at the southeast corner of Corkscrew Road and Via Coconut Point and Estero’s pending purchase of 62 acres along the Estero River at the northeast corner of Corkscrew Road and U.S. 41.
The village is expected to close on the Estero River property Monday, Jan. 14.
“My prediction is U.S. 41 and Corkscrew Road will be the center of town,” Boesch said.
Source: Naples Daily News
In June, HCA received approval from state regulators to build an 80-bed hospital in Estero. Lee Health also received approval from the state to build an 82-bed hospital at Lee Health – Coconut Point, its $140 million medical campus now open in Estero south of Coconut Road.
Both health care systems have filed legal challenges to each other’s hospital plans.
The 100-acre property purchased by HCA is less than 5 miles north of Lee Health – Coconut Point in Estero, which opened in early December. Also nearby is Collier County-based NCH Healthcare System’s medical facility that recently opened in Bonita Springs, just south of the city’s border with Estero.
The Lee Health – Coconut Point complex had no impact on HCA’s decision to purchase the property in December, McKell said.
“I don’t think we follow other health systems to determine where we’re putting something,” McKell said.
Lee Health has been working with Estero for more than a dozen years to build a hospital in the community, said Mary Briggs, a spokeswoman for Lee Health.
“We think we have the best location. We’ve already built the complementary outpatient services that serve the hospital,” Briggs said. “We’re just moving forward our plans to build that facility.”
Former Florida governor and now Sen. Rick Scott led what was then known as Columbia/HCA between 1987 and 1997. He left amid a federal investigation into its Medicare billing practices, which ultimately forced the company to pay $1.7 billion in penalties and fines between 2000 and 2002.
HCA formerly operated the now-demolished Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center and what was once known as Gulf Coast Hospital. Lee Health acquired both in 2006 in a $535 million deal.
Estero’s Village Center
The 100-acre property purchased by HCA is within Estero’s village center.
Estero has planned the village center to be a walkable, mixed-use downtown for residents and businesses in the community. Land in Estero’s village center stretches from near Coconut Road to just north of Broadway.
Estero Mayor Jim Boesch said the purchase by HCA is great news for the village.
“We’ve waited long for that 100 acres to come to pass,” he said.
Boesch said development on the property will add to the momentum happening in the village center.
He pointed to construction of the Genova condos at the southeast corner of Corkscrew Road and Via Coconut Point and Estero’s pending purchase of 62 acres along the Estero River at the northeast corner of Corkscrew Road and U.S. 41.
The village is expected to close on the Estero River property Monday, Jan. 14.
“My prediction is U.S. 41 and Corkscrew Road will be the center of town,” Boesch said.
Source: Naples Daily News
The 100-acre property purchased by HCA is less than 5 miles north of Lee Health – Coconut Point in Estero, which opened in early December. Also nearby is Collier County-based NCH Healthcare System’s medical facility that recently opened in Bonita Springs, just south of the city’s border with Estero.
The Lee Health – Coconut Point complex had no impact on HCA’s decision to purchase the property in December, McKell said.
“I don’t think we follow other health systems to determine where we’re putting something,” McKell said.
Lee Health has been working with Estero for more than a dozen years to build a hospital in the community, said Mary Briggs, a spokeswoman for Lee Health.
“We think we have the best location. We’ve already built the complementary outpatient services that serve the hospital,” Briggs said. “We’re just moving forward our plans to build that facility.”
Former Florida governor and now Sen. Rick Scott led what was then known as Columbia/HCA between 1987 and 1997. He left amid a federal investigation into its Medicare billing practices, which ultimately forced the company to pay $1.7 billion in penalties and fines between 2000 and 2002.
HCA formerly operated the now-demolished Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center and what was once known as Gulf Coast Hospital. Lee Health acquired both in 2006 in a $535 million deal.
Estero’s Village Center
The 100-acre property purchased by HCA is within Estero’s village center.
Estero has planned the village center to be a walkable, mixed-use downtown for residents and businesses in the community. Land in Estero’s village center stretches from near Coconut Road to just north of Broadway.
Estero Mayor Jim Boesch said the purchase by HCA is great news for the village.
“We’ve waited long for that 100 acres to come to pass,” he said.
Boesch said development on the property will add to the momentum happening in the village center.
He pointed to construction of the Genova condos at the southeast corner of Corkscrew Road and Via Coconut Point and Estero’s pending purchase of 62 acres along the Estero River at the northeast corner of Corkscrew Road and U.S. 41.
The village is expected to close on the Estero River property Monday, Jan. 14.
“My prediction is U.S. 41 and Corkscrew Road will be the center of town,” Boesch said.
Source: Naples Daily News
“I don’t think we follow other health systems to determine where we’re putting something,” McKell said.
Lee Health has been working with Estero for more than a dozen years to build a hospital in the community, said Mary Briggs, a spokeswoman for Lee Health.
“We think we have the best location. We’ve already built the complementary outpatient services that serve the hospital,” Briggs said. “We’re just moving forward our plans to build that facility.”
Former Florida governor and now Sen. Rick Scott led what was then known as Columbia/HCA between 1987 and 1997. He left amid a federal investigation into its Medicare billing practices, which ultimately forced the company to pay $1.7 billion in penalties and fines between 2000 and 2002.
HCA formerly operated the now-demolished Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center and what was once known as Gulf Coast Hospital. Lee Health acquired both in 2006 in a $535 million deal.
Estero’s Village Center
The 100-acre property purchased by HCA is within Estero’s village center.
Estero has planned the village center to be a walkable, mixed-use downtown for residents and businesses in the community. Land in Estero’s village center stretches from near Coconut Road to just north of Broadway.
Estero Mayor Jim Boesch said the purchase by HCA is great news for the village.
“We’ve waited long for that 100 acres to come to pass,” he said.
Boesch said development on the property will add to the momentum happening in the village center.
He pointed to construction of the Genova condos at the southeast corner of Corkscrew Road and Via Coconut Point and Estero’s pending purchase of 62 acres along the Estero River at the northeast corner of Corkscrew Road and U.S. 41.
The village is expected to close on the Estero River property Monday, Jan. 14.
“My prediction is U.S. 41 and Corkscrew Road will be the center of town,” Boesch said.
Source: Naples Daily News
“We think we have the best location. We’ve already built the complementary outpatient services that serve the hospital,” Briggs said. “We’re just moving forward our plans to build that facility.”
Former Florida governor and now Sen. Rick Scott led what was then known as Columbia/HCA between 1987 and 1997. He left amid a federal investigation into its Medicare billing practices, which ultimately forced the company to pay $1.7 billion in penalties and fines between 2000 and 2002.
HCA formerly operated the now-demolished Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center and what was once known as Gulf Coast Hospital. Lee Health acquired both in 2006 in a $535 million deal.
Estero’s Village Center
The 100-acre property purchased by HCA is within Estero’s village center.
Estero has planned the village center to be a walkable, mixed-use downtown for residents and businesses in the community. Land in Estero’s village center stretches from near Coconut Road to just north of Broadway.
Estero Mayor Jim Boesch said the purchase by HCA is great news for the village.
“We’ve waited long for that 100 acres to come to pass,” he said.
Boesch said development on the property will add to the momentum happening in the village center.
He pointed to construction of the Genova condos at the southeast corner of Corkscrew Road and Via Coconut Point and Estero’s pending purchase of 62 acres along the Estero River at the northeast corner of Corkscrew Road and U.S. 41.
The village is expected to close on the Estero River property Monday, Jan. 14.
“My prediction is U.S. 41 and Corkscrew Road will be the center of town,” Boesch said.
Source: Naples Daily News
HCA formerly operated the now-demolished Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center and what was once known as Gulf Coast Hospital. Lee Health acquired both in 2006 in a $535 million deal.
Estero’s Village Center
The 100-acre property purchased by HCA is within Estero’s village center.
Estero has planned the village center to be a walkable, mixed-use downtown for residents and businesses in the community. Land in Estero’s village center stretches from near Coconut Road to just north of Broadway.
Estero Mayor Jim Boesch said the purchase by HCA is great news for the village.
“We’ve waited long for that 100 acres to come to pass,” he said.
Boesch said development on the property will add to the momentum happening in the village center.
He pointed to construction of the Genova condos at the southeast corner of Corkscrew Road and Via Coconut Point and Estero’s pending purchase of 62 acres along the Estero River at the northeast corner of Corkscrew Road and U.S. 41.
The village is expected to close on the Estero River property Monday, Jan. 14.
“My prediction is U.S. 41 and Corkscrew Road will be the center of town,” Boesch said.
Source: Naples Daily News
The 100-acre property purchased by HCA is within Estero’s village center.
Estero has planned the village center to be a walkable, mixed-use downtown for residents and businesses in the community. Land in Estero’s village center stretches from near Coconut Road to just north of Broadway.
Estero Mayor Jim Boesch said the purchase by HCA is great news for the village.
“We’ve waited long for that 100 acres to come to pass,” he said.
Boesch said development on the property will add to the momentum happening in the village center.
He pointed to construction of the Genova condos at the southeast corner of Corkscrew Road and Via Coconut Point and Estero’s pending purchase of 62 acres along the Estero River at the northeast corner of Corkscrew Road and U.S. 41.
The village is expected to close on the Estero River property Monday, Jan. 14.
“My prediction is U.S. 41 and Corkscrew Road will be the center of town,” Boesch said.
Source: Naples Daily News
Estero Mayor Jim Boesch said the purchase by HCA is great news for the village.
“We’ve waited long for that 100 acres to come to pass,” he said.
Boesch said development on the property will add to the momentum happening in the village center.
He pointed to construction of the Genova condos at the southeast corner of Corkscrew Road and Via Coconut Point and Estero’s pending purchase of 62 acres along the Estero River at the northeast corner of Corkscrew Road and U.S. 41.
The village is expected to close on the Estero River property Monday, Jan. 14.
“My prediction is U.S. 41 and Corkscrew Road will be the center of town,” Boesch said.
Source: Naples Daily News
Boesch said development on the property will add to the momentum happening in the village center.
He pointed to construction of the Genova condos at the southeast corner of Corkscrew Road and Via Coconut Point and Estero’s pending purchase of 62 acres along the Estero River at the northeast corner of Corkscrew Road and U.S. 41.
The village is expected to close on the Estero River property Monday, Jan. 14.
“My prediction is U.S. 41 and Corkscrew Road will be the center of town,” Boesch said.
Source: Naples Daily News
The village is expected to close on the Estero River property Monday, Jan. 14.
“My prediction is U.S. 41 and Corkscrew Road will be the center of town,” Boesch said.
Source: Naples Daily News
Source: Naples Daily News
Thirty years after moving beyond its Midwest base and founding a Florida outpost, Cleveland Clinic has taken a giant leap here this year with a round of acquisitions and expansions that will take it from 155 beds in Weston to 1,058 beds across five Southeast Florida hospitals and a geographic range eclipsing that of its Ohio home.
In October, Cleveland Clinic Florida inked deals to absorb the non-profit Martin Health, a system with three hospitals in Martin and St. Lucie counties, and the non-profit Indian River Medical Center in Vero Beach in Indian River County.
“Our footprint in Southeast Florida is geographically going to be much bigger than our present footprint in northeast Ohio,” says Cleveland Clinic Florida CEO Dr. Wael Barsoum. Indian River lies 128 miles to the north of its base in Weston in Broward County. In Ohio, Cleveland Clinic’s main campus, plus 11 regional hospitals and 18 fullservice family health centers, all lie in a seven-county region within a 30-mile radius of Cleveland.
The two Treasure Coast hospital deals were Cleveland Clinic’s biggest by far, but the year also has seen it expand in Palm Beach and Broward. It opened a medical office in Wellington in March. In north Broward, in July it opened a 73,000-sq.-ft. family health center. In Weston, its Florida base for 17 years, Cleveland Clinic opened a tower and an expanded emergency department that total 221,000 square feet. In Fort Lauderdale, it opened a concierge medical practice this year and imported as its lead doctor a Cleveland Clinic Ohio internist who had been the personal doctor for doctors there, including Barsoum.
Hospital and health system mergers and acquisitions last year totaled a record 115 nationally, according to Illinois consulting firm Kaufman Hill. Driven by Obama-era health law changes and by a desire for negotiating power with insurers in the face of rising costs and decreasing reimbursements, hospitals have gone after scale. Stand-alone hospitals in particular have faced a squeeze.
Barsoum says Cleveland Clinic has cut $1 billion in costs in the last five years from its $8-billion system. “To stay at the top of the hill, you have to be thinking about what’s coming and to an extent be our own disruptor,” he says.
Investment rating service Moody’s says that while Cleveland Clinic is an international brand with strong cash flow and “exceptional fundraising capabilities,” revenue growth is constrained in northeast Ohio. In part, that’s what’s driving the geographic expansion in Florida and also the opening of a 200-bed hospital in London. (Cleveland Clinic also has sites in Toronto, Abu Dhabi and Las Vegas.)
At Martin Health, Cleveland Clinic has promised to invest $500 million over five years. The two already had teamed up on heart and vascular care. A Cleveland Clinic Florida cardiothoracic surgeon joined Martin Health to perform heart and lung surgeries at Martin Medical Center. At Indian River, Cleveland Clinic promised to invest $250 million over 10 years. Indian River board Chair Dr. Wayne Hockmeyer has said Cleveland Clinic’s reputation will be a “powerful recruiting tool” for top-quality doctors.
In its report, Moody’s mentioned more “potential acquisitions” in Florida. Barsoum says the organization is open to the idea. “We recognize health-care organizations, to be successful, need some level of scale,” he says. “We are regularly approached by health systems and hospitals, and we are open to talking with them. If there is a community or hospital that wants us and they are like-minded and a clinical fit, then we look forward to exploring those options.”
Cleveland’s Expanding Reach
Indian River Medical Center and Martin Health have recently joined Cleveland Clinic Florida.
Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston
Beds: 205
Employees: 3,067
Revenue: $500 million
Staff size: 259 physicians; 2,808 others
Campus: Main campus in Weston with locations in Coral Springs, Fort Lauderdale, Parkland and Palm Beach County
Indian River Medical Center, Vero Beach
Beds: 332
Employees: More than 2,000
Revenue: $290 million
Patients: 15,300 admissions
Physicians: 320
Campus: IRMC includes the Welsh Heart Center and Scully Endoscopy Center within the facility; separate buildings on the campus: Scully-Welsh Cancer Center, Health and Wellness Center, Wound Care Center
Martin Health
Beds: 521
Employees: 4,500
Revenue: $559.6 million
Patients: 34,418 admissions, 117,112 emergency department visits
Staff size: 504 physicians on medical staff, 150 employed physicians
Campus: Three hospitals (two in Stuart, one in Port St. Lucie)
Source: Florida Trend
