A proposed 30-year agreement with Coral Gables would give the University of Miami the land-use flexibility to develop an on-campus hospital near public transit, although no specific medical facility has been announced.
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UHealth will occupy 11,243 square feet, which will include comprehensive eye care from Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, and physical therapy services, such as hand therapy and pelvic floor rehabilitation.
The healthcare property features 33 exam rooms, eight operating rooms, three endoscopy suites, 33 cancer treatment units, radiology services, a lab, onsite pharmacy, seven-story parking garage and a central energy plant.
UHealth is building a seven-story medical center in North Miami-Dade, part of a mega-development of residential towers.
The idea is to take healthcare to a growing population in a dense area that includes Aventura, North Miami Beach and North Miami, said Dr. Dipen Parekh, the chief operating officer of the University of Miami Health System.
The medical center — not a hospital but an outpatient facility that can provide primary and specialty care for conditions including cancer, cardiac problems and eye disorders — is still under construction.
The center is UHealth’s largest outpatient medical facility at 363,000-square-feet, comprising 110 exam rooms, 10 operating rooms, and 33 clinical cancer treatment units. The center is expected to open in June 2025 and will be open daily. You don’t have to live at SoLé Mia to get care.
On Friday, UHealth, North Miami and other officials celebrated a construction milestone of the new center, which North Miami Mayor Alix Desulme says will usher in a “new era” of health for the community. Officials say the center is also expected to bring jobs to the area.
The center, just off Biscayne Boulevard near the Biscayne Bay campus of Florida International University, is part of a new vertical city. SoLé Mia is a 184-acre master planned community developed by Oleta Partners – a joint venture by leading developers LeFrak and Turnberry.
Source: Miami Herald
With the exterior structure of the new University of Miami Health System (UHealth) building at Doral installed, the construction process of the healthcare center that will include 33 exam rooms, 33 clinical trials unit, and eight operating rooms, among services from several specialties, is well underway for its 2024 opening.
The recruitment of healthcare providers for the new six-story, 150,000-square-foot outpatient ambulatory center began late last year, said Dr. Roy Weiss, chief medical officer for Ambulatory Services at UHealth.
Around 90 physicians and advanced practice providers are in the process of being hired, and about 300 other new jobs, including nurses, technicians, and support staff, are to be hired starting September, a year prior to opening day on Sept. 16, 2024.
“We’re really proud of the progress,” said Dr. Weiss. “We have new renderings of what the inside of the project is going to look like, based on feedback from patients and visitors, especially from the community.”
The Doral community, he said, participated in patient experience feedback surveys about what they would like the new UHealth Doral facility to look like. Almost 100 patients responded and offered recommendations.
Currently, the interior is being constructed. About 55% of all medical equipment and furniture have been purchased, and operations support systems and technology are being installed, said Dr. Weiss.
UHealth’s presence in Doral was phased in two parts. In the first phase, the space adjacent to the new structure – an 18,000-square-foot building at 8333 NW 53rd St. – which currently provides oncology, urology and dermatology services was leased in September 2022 to meet immediate demand during the last two years of construction of the main facility, according to a UHealth spokesperson.
The second phase was construction of the new facility, which is modeled after the Lennar Foundation Medical Center on University of Miami grounds in Coral Gables. Once it is completed, oncology services in the adjacent space will transfer to the main facility, and the adjacent space will be renovated to accommodate about 30 more exam rooms, said the spokesperson.
Other services offered will include cardiology, dermatology, gynecology, endocrinology, interventional radiology, orthopedics, surgery, neurology, emergency medical care, radiation oncology, “and other services, including breast imaging, and an all-encompassing total care for anyone who requires wellness,” he said.
The total footage of the complete Doral facility would be 178,000 square feet with up to 63 exam rooms as the center grows in the future.
“This building is going to be providing the latest cutting-edge care in an academic medical center,” said Dr. Weiss. “We bring to the patients’ ambulatory clinic the latest and most advanced centerpiece in diagnostics tests that will provide good health for the community.”
Source: Miami Today