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Skanska, a leading construction company, has recently secured a contract with Lee Health to build a new hospital and medical office building in Fort Myers, Florida. The total value of the contract is $435 million.
The project will cover 52 acres and was designed by Flad Architects. It includes the construction of a five-story hospital spanning approximately 416,000 square feet, as well as a central energy plant and an ambulatory surgery center within the 125,000-square-foot medical office building. This state-of-the-art facility will feature over twelve operating rooms, forty-four emergency rooms,
and one hundred sixty-eight patient rooms. Additionally,it will house specialty clinics for orthopedics,
spine care,rheumatology treatment,and infectious diseases – totaling over
560 ,000 square feet of healthcare services.
Currently,the utility construction phase is underway,and the project is expected to be completed by late2027.Skanska’s impressive portfolio in Florida also includes other notable healthcare projects such as ICU expansion at Lee Health Cape Coral Hospital,the Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute,and Gulf Coast Medical Center expansion in Fort Myers.
This latest development highlights Skanska’s commitment to delivering high-quality healthcare facilities that meet the growing demand for advanced medical services in Florida.
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