Baptist Health can continue building its medical campus in St. Johns County after permits were issued Jan. 24.
The proposed 118,000-square-foot project includes a freestanding 24/7 Baptist/Wolfson Children’s Emergency Center, office space and a maintenance building.
The campus is east of St. Johns Parkway at the intersection of Silverlake Parkway, south of County Road 210. It is about 3 miles north of International Golf Parkway and Tocoi Creek High School.
The county issued permits for the $37.1 million construction and build-out of the 53,400-square-foot emergency center.
Baptist Health was also permitted to build-out an adjacent building at a project cost of $21.8 million. The shell construction permit was issued Jan. 14.
There are a 6,700-square-foot maintenance building and 552 parking spaces.
A helipad for air ambulance services and future expansions also are planned but not yet issued permits.
The opening of the campus is expected in early 2026.
Baptist Health Properties Inc. is the landowner. It bought the 33.6-acre site in 2020 from White’s Ford Timber through Jacksonville-based The Hutson Companies for $11.5 million.
Jacksonville-based England-Thims & Miller Inc. is the engineer.
“The primary care offices will provide family medicine, pediatrics, and internal medicine services. Baptist Health is evaluating other specialty services based on the community’s health care needs,” according to a Baptist spokesperson.
“The campus, featuring a patient-centered and environmentally friendly design, is planned to serve the needs of the growing community with space for two more healthcare buildings in the future.
“This will be momentous for that area,” said Sarah Arnold, St. Johns District 2 County Board of County Commissioner in July.
“The area of World Golf Village does not have immediate access to emergency care. To have something in that immediate vicinity serving the community will change lives.”