Ascension St. Vincent’s is months from entering the growing stand-alone emergency department market in Jacksonville.
The city approved construction for the health system of two free-standing emergency departments at a job cost of almost $13.9 million in Arlington and West Jacksonville.
The city issued permits Jan. 10 for Layton Construction Co. LLC to build the 13,557-square-foot emergency departments.
Permits were issued in November for the foundation work.
Permits show that Layton Construction, in Sandy, Utah, will build:
• The Arlington center on 1.61 acres at 9820 Hutchinson Park Drive at a job cost of $7 million. The development is in Kendall Town Center, a Gate Lands Co. project, and next to an Ascension St. Vincent’s health center.
• The West Jacksonville center on 2.15 acres at 8083 Parramore Road in Collins Town Center at a job cost of $6.8 million. The site is at southwest Interstate 295 and Collins Road.
Each center also will include a $10,000 dumpster enclosure.
The sign at the Arlington site says the emergency room will open in June.
In October, Ascension St. Vincent’s President Tom VanOsdol said the projects reflect the Jacksonville health system’s “desire to provide convenient access to compassionate, personalized care across our region.
“Our community emergency rooms will provide patients with 24/7 access to emergency care in convenient locations, complementing our existing network of primary care, urgent care, specialty care offices and health centers,” he said.
In 2017, Ascension St. Vincent’s debuted its health center concept, which includes urgent care, primary care, imaging, lab services and specialty care with plans for 10 total.
In September, Ascension St. Vincent’s spokesman Kyle Sieg said the health system identified a need for emergency care in Arlington and Westside.
Memorial Hospital and Baptist Health already operate free-standing ERs in Northeast Florida.
