The $56 million project will expand the sports facility into a 107,000-square-feet healthcare training center, where students will learn how to do surgery, assist in delivering babies, and respond to medical emergencies using simulations, including with robots, holograms, and virtual and augmented reality.
Construction of the neighborhood hospital is expected to be completed in the spring of 2024.
The four acres at Southwest 10 Street and Southwest 11 Way, at the entrance to I-95, have been vacant for decades.
Miami-based Hidalgo Construction Group recently filed notice with Miami-Dade County that it started construction of the three-story medical office building totaling 48,824 square feet.
Medical office buildings remain strong investor favorites despite slowing transaction volume, which one expert says may persist for the next few quarters.