Transformation of Sarasota Campus Moves Forward
New state-of-the-art facilities are under construction on nearly every corner of SMH-Sarasota, part of the hospital’s ongoing efforts to modernize the campus and expand patient care capacity. Here’s an update on what buildings are going where:
Cornell Family Behavioral Health Pavilion
The new Behavioral Health Pavilion is quickly taking shape on the corner of Osprey Avenue and Waldemere Street. The three-story, 96,500-square-foot facility (pictured above and below) will replace the aging Bayside Center for Behavioral Health across Osprey Ave.
When it opens in Fall of 2023, the facility will include units tailored to specific inpatient behavioral health populations, including children and adolescents, adults, geriatric patients and acute patients. The pavilion also will include an extensive array of outpatient services.
Research & Education Institute
If you’ve been on Arlington Street, you’ve seen that the 1950s-era Doctor Gardens complex on the south side of the road has been demolished.
A new Research & Education Institute will be built on the old office building site, with construction expected to begin in Summer of 2023.
The new five-story institute will house Sarasota Memorial’s clinical research division, clinical and graduate medical education programs, medical library and a new, state-of-the-art simulation center. The project also will include a new parking garage.
Projected to open in 2025, the institute will promote collaboration, discovery and innovation in medical education and research, while freeing up more space inside the hospital for patient care.
Outpatient Cancer Pavilion
On the north side of the Sarasota campus, plans are under way for a new outpatient cancer pavilion.
The new facility (rendering shown at left) will be built on Waldemere Street, steps away from the Jellison Cancer Institute Oncology Tower. When complete, the pavilion will house a new breast health center, outpatient surgery suites, radiation oncology, infusion services, diagnostic imaging and integrative and supportive care. The Cancer Pavilion also will be home to medical, surgical and radiation oncology physician practices.
The now-closed Cape Outpatient Surgery Center will be demolished early next year to make way for the new pavilion, which is projected to open in late 2025.