Almost six months after it submitted its plans, HCA Healthcare can build another St. Johns County freestanding emergency room in St. Augustine.
The county issued permits for the project Feb. 5 at a cost of about $8.6 million, which includes the facility’s generator.
The proposed development is a 10,860-square-foot building with 40 parking spaces, driving aisles, utilities and a stormwater management system.
It is at 1780 Woodlawn Road northeast of the Publix Super Market in the Shoppes of Mission Trace shopping center off Florida Road 16.
A second St. Johns County HCA free-standing emergency room is about 20 miles north at 42 Doctors Village Drive near Julington Creek Plantation, according to HCAFloridaHealthcare.com.
According to the HCA application, the site for the medical facility is about 2 acres with an existing single-family residential building and vacant commercial land.
Memorial Healthcare Group Inc., through HCA Healthcare of Nashville, Tennessee, bought the property in 2023 for about $3.7 million.
Hereford Dooley Architects Inc. of Nashville is the architect. Catalyst Design Group of Winter Park is the civil engineer. Conway, Arkansas-based Nabholz Construction Corporation is the contractor.
In Jacksonville, it has an emergency room at its main campus at 3625 University Blvd. S; Atlantic Emergency at 11850 Atlantic Blvd.; Mandarin Emergency at 10910 San Jose Blvd.; Normandy Park Emergency at 5773 Normandy Blvd.; and Park West Emergency at 6477 103rd St.
Merrill Road HCA
Another HCA Healthcare free-standing ER is in development at 8100 Merrill Road in Arlington.
Auld & White Constructors LLC of Jacksonville is the contractor for the permit to clear 4 acres at the site south of Merrill and Hartsfield roads at an estimated project cost of $50,000.
The wooded site is west of Interstate 295 and next to a RaceTrac gas station and convenience store. The property is across from Merrill Station Shopping Center, which is anchored by a Walmart Neighborhood Market.
An 11,000-square-foot facility in Yulee is expected to open later this month, according to Google. It is at 462541 Florida 200 east of Interstate 95 and about a mile southwest of the Wildlight master-planned community.
Brentwood, Tennessee-based TMPartners PLLC is the architect. Nashville-based Catalyst Design Group is the civil engineer. Hoar Construction of Orlando is the contractor.
In Clay County, there is an ER in HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital at 2001 Kingsley Ave.