Independent Hospital Plans $42 Mil, 100,000-SF Expansion to Challenge the Chains

ORLANDO-Health Central, one of the few independently-owned hospitals still operating successfully in the main four-county Central Florida area, will be seriously challenging the major medical chains for new patients by kicking off a $42 million, 100,000-sf expansion/renovation program in April.

The 141-bed, 334,000-sf, 10-year-old hospital in Ocoee, FL, a bedroom community eight miles west of Downtown Orlando, won’t be increasing its 141-bed count but will give doctors more office space; increase areas for laboratory and radiology services; and grow its emergency and operating departments. Besides the new construction, 50,000 sf of existing space will be renovated.