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Hospitals in Northeast Florida keep construction contractors busy

On July 26 the Dorothy J. and Harry T. Mangurian Jr. Building, a five-story, 190,000-square-foot structure that will expand the Mayo Clinic’s cancer, neurological and neurosurgical care programs, will have a dedication ceremony.

The Mangurian Building is part of $300 million in construction projects Mayo has undertaken since Gianrico Farrugia became Mayo’s CEO in Jacksonville in 2015.

That’s a lot of construction. But Mayo is hardly unique among Jacksonville hospitals when it comes to construction projects.

Baptist Health is nearing completion or has recently completed construction projects at four of its campuses. St. Vincent’s HealthCare has begun work on a new $55 million pavilion on its Riverside campus. Memorial Hospital is adding patient rooms and operating rooms and renovating and enlarging its emergency room. Orange Park Medical Center is renovating its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and planning a new freestanding emergency room on Jacksonville’s Westside.

Some of the construction is driven by the fact that Jacksonville has become a medical destination, Farrugia said.

“Patients are savvy consumers,” he said. “People are finding they can come to the city of Jacksonville for a high degree of medical expertise.”

“Demographics are driving this,” said Hugh Greene, CEO of Baptist Health. “We are a growing city. And the fastest-growing segment of the population is people over 80. That creates a high demand for medical services.”

Some hospitals, like Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville downtown and St. Vincent’s Medical Center Riverside, are aging facilities that require upgrades. Some, like Baptist Medical Center South and Baptist Center Beaches, are relatively new in areas with growing populations and require expansion.

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