Health care union 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East – Florida, doing business as 1199SEIU Florida, has established a new office at the Miramar Park of Commerce.

It signed for 9,975 square feet of space.

“To represent such an expansive group healthcare workers in South Florida, it’s important for 1199SEIU Florida to have an accessible location in a state-of-the-art facility,” said Sunbeam Properties Vice President Maridee Bell. “Labor unions like 1199SEIU Florida require space that offers functionality and connectivity suitable for serving members locally and across the state.”

Bell and Lauren Pace of Sunbeam Properties, and Ryan Goggins of Colliers International represented the landlord in the deal. Tom Viscount of Butters Realty represented 1199SEIU Florida.

The union represents more than 25,000 health care workers in Florida’s hospitals and nursing home industry.

1199SEIU Florida is a division of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, one of the largest healthcare union in the nation with more than 400,000 members in Florida, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Washington, D.C. It also has an office in Tampa.

Source: SFBJ