The applicants want to rezone the site to allow for a 60,000-square-foot hospital building and a 60,000-square-foot medical office building.
Lee Health would lease a two-story building that is working its way through the Village of Estero application process.
In South Florida, projects like Vertical Medical City Biscayne are being designed for the post-pandemic era.
Dallas-based Steward Health is purchasing North Shore Medical Center, Florida Medical Center, Coral Gables Hospital, Hialeah Hospital and Palmetto General Hospital from Tenet Healthcare Corp.
The price equated to $385 per square foot.