Local HMO Proposes New Medical Office Building In Coral Gables
The head of a local company that provides health services to senior citizens wants to build a new four-story office building in Coral Gables.
Santiago Vera, CEO of MedGroup Medical Center, filed an application to build a $3.5 million mixed-use commercial building on a vacant lot at 2800 Douglas Road.
The plans, which will be discussed by the Coral Gables Development Review Committee on July 28, will include a 9,094-square-foot adult day care on the third floor and a 7,000-square-foot medical clinic on the fourth floor.
The adult day care operation will serve a maximum of 100 patients and be served by three to five full-time employees, according to a memo to city officials written by Luis La Rosa of the Pembroke Pines-based architecture firm LLR Architects. It will include a TV viewing area, game areas, and dance and exercise areas as well as private rooms, food prep areas, eating areas, and restrooms.
The medical clinic will include exam rooms, therapy rooms, and lab rooms and will employ two medical doctors, two medical assistants, a front desk personnel, and a phlebotomist.
MedGroup also plans to construct a three-story office building in Homestead at 304 N. Krome Ave. on land that he also intends to acquire.
Vera said he plans on breaking ground at the Homestead location in the next 90 days and hopes to start construction on the Coral Gables office by the first quarter of next year.
Source: SFBJ
