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AdventHealth, Orlando Health, HCA among systems with 11 freestanding ERs in the works

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Five of metro Orlando’s largest health systems have 11 new freestanding emergency rooms in the works, from Lake County to east Orlando and Osceola County.

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The plans include:

AdventHealth

  • The Altamonte Springs-based health system plans to build a 19,000-square-foot emergency room on 27.7 acres in Fruitland Park at the intersection of County Road 466A and Colony Boulevard. Construction work will this year and be completed in 2025.
  • AdventHealth is wrapping up construction on a $26 million, 19,000-square-foot ER on the former 14-acre site of the Holy Land Experience theme park at 4655 Vineland Road in Orlando. It will open in late spring or early summer this year.
  • AdventHealth also has proposed a medical complex with a freestanding ER and a medical office building along Pleasant Hill Road in Poinciana. That project is in the early stages and does not have firm timelines.

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