Jacksonville-based Brooks Rehabilitation is expanding its services outside of Florida.
The health care company announced Aug. 6 it will develop a $70 million inpatient rehabilitation hospital on Mayo Clinic’s Phoenix campus.
Brooks said Mayo Clinic has a minority interest the joint venture.
“The expansion into Arizona sets the stage for new growth, innovation and exceptional clinical outcomes and further demonstrates Brooks’ vision to redefine post-acute rehabilitation,” Brooks said in a news release.
Brooks has two rehabilitation hospitals in Jacksonville and one in Daytona Beach.
The Arizona rehabilitation hospital is planned on 8 acres adjacent to Mayo Clinic’s Phoenix hospital, near the Arizona State University Health Futures Center.
Construction begins December 2024 with a projected opening in summer 2026.
The three-story, 80,000-square-foot hospital will have 60 private patient rooms and the ability to expand. It is expected to add more than 200 jobs.
“Brooks Rehabilitation is honored to join with Mayo Clinic to further expand patient care and services and deliver on Brooks’ mission to empower people to achieve their highest level of recovery and participation in life through excellence in rehabilitation,” Brooks Rehabilitation President and CEO Doug Baer said in a news release.
Brooks said in 2023 it admitted more than 5,000 rehabilitation hospital patients and cared for more than 60,000 throughout its rehabilitation care system.
“At Mayo Clinic we specialize in treating rare, serious and complex conditions. After seeing the closely integrated working relationship that the Brooks team shares with our Mayo colleagues in Jacksonville, Florida, we are very pleased to welcome them to Phoenix,” said Dr. Richard Gray, CEO of Mayo Clinic in Arizona, in the release.
“These organizations have aligned missions and values,” Baer said. “This is a unique opportunity to bring the best in post-acute care to treat the most complex rehabilitation patients in the Phoenix market.”