UF Health invests in Northside hospital as exponential growth and demand continues
UF Health facilities on Jacksonville’s Northside have had multiple additions in the past few years and now the hospital is going to get some major renovations.
UF Health North at 15255 Max Leggett Parkway will undergo interior upgrades, according to recently approved building permits.
The renovation project for the five-story building will cost about $15 million, and Batson-Cook Co. is the contractor, according to the documents.
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The Northside location has been a key component of UF Health's presence in Jacksonville that now reaches well beyond its main facility just north of downtown on Eighth Street.
The entire Northside project cost UF Health about $210 million, and the demand at the hospital has been increasing since it first opened. An additional 124-bed facility at the site is under construction and expected to be complete in 2024.
The original Northside medical facility opened in 2013 with frequent additions.
More warehouses coming
Two new large warehouses will soon be built in Jacksonville, which has seen a boom in industrial construction in the last few years.
InLight Real Estate Partners received permit approval for the beginning phases of the warehouses at 7489 Commonwealth Ave. and 1700 Imeson Road. The projects will cost about $26.8 combined to construct, according to the permits.
The projects are the latest additions to the Commonwealth Logistics Center, according to a report by the Jacksonville Daily Record.
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Dana B. Kenyon Co. is the contractor.
Elsewhere in Jacksonville multiple industrial projects have either been finished in recent years or got underway. The city, the largest by land mass in the country, has become a mecca for major warehouse accommodations, notably with the presence of JaxPort and distribution centers such as Amazon and Wayfair.
Additional building permits
10775 Yaeger Road, construction of structural steel warehouse, 107,500 square feet, $12.3 million for IPI-10775 Inc. Webb Southeast Corp.
8375 Dix Ellis Trail, Unit 300, interior buildout with drywall, paint, floor and other improvements for Olympus, $728,613. Dav Lin Interior Contractors.
4711 River City Drive, Unit 128, interior fill out for Tecovas at St. Johns Town Center, $750,000. Emerald C’s Development Inc.
3520 Blanding Blvd., Unit 1, masonry work for Cedar Hills Laundromat, $425,706. Argos Builders LLC.
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6765 Dunn Ave., interior work on existing building for Petsense store, $420,360. Lakeview Construction of Wisconsin Inc.
9820 Atlantic Blvd., interior and exterior renovations to existing Chuck E. Cheese restaurant, $365,000. Parkway C&A LP of Lewisvile, Texas.
3560 Spring Park Road, new Wawa gasoline station and convenience story canopy, $180,000. Triton Construction Group LLC.
10422 San Jose Blvd., Unit TP01, renovations to existing building where a Zoe’s Kitchen once operated and is now converting into a Cava restaurant, $175,000. Embree Construction Group Inc.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: UF Health Jacksonville continues investing in Northside hospital
