The 200,000-square-foot facility brings together all of Shell Point’s health care services, including a comprehensive medical center, behavioral health suite, rehabilitation center, dental offices, pharmacy and a 180-bed skilled nursing facility with private rooms.
The current goal of the project is to first build a medical office building to set up the fundamentals.
Construction on the planned 60-bed rehab hospital originally was set to start in late 2021 and would have had space to expand.
Palm Medical Center, the primary tenant of the Winter Haven medical office building, leases nearly 19,000 square feet of the property and has six years remaining on its lease with three five-year options to renew.
Baptist won approval to acquire 25 city-owned acres after agreeing to pay $14.3M for the property and to build a 100-bed hospital.