A Baptist Health medical campus under construction in St. Johns County’s SilverLeaf community is approved to add a helipad.
The campus is planned to open by fall 2026, according to the hospital’s website and SilverLeaf Facebook account. It is being built at 8675 St. Johns Parkway off SilverLeaf Parkway just south of County Road 210.
The county issued a building permit for the helipad April 10 at a cost of $100,000. Plans for the addition were submitted in July 2024.
By enabling direct on-site landings, helipads bypass traditional ground transport to reduce transfer times for trauma victims and rural patients while streamlining hospital-to-hospital transfers for specialized treatment.
Perry-McCall Construction of Jacksonville is the contractor.
The 118,000-square-foot complex is developing on 33.6 acres. There is room for future construction of a 300,000-square-foot hospital.
The campus will offer 24/7 emergency care as well as primary care — family medicine, pediatrics and internal medicine.
Baptist Health Properties bought the land in 2020 for $11.5 million. The medical facility, offices and maintenance building were budgeted to cost $16.8 million to build, according to permitting documents.
England-Thims & Miller of Jacksonville is the civil engineer; Gresham Smith is the architect. The Hutson Cos. is the master developer of SilverLeaf.