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THE MATHIS REPORT
Baptist Health to build Clay hospital
VyStarDaily preparing 100 W.Record Bay St. signs JACKSONVILLE
Groundbreaking is set this spring for the $200 million, 300,000-squarefoot medical center in Fleming Island.
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VyStar Credit Union provided renderings of the signs it will post on the building it bought at 100 W. Bay St., the former Life of the South Building.
KAREN BRUNE MATHIS EDITOR
The Jacksonville-based credit union will move employees into the building by June.
VyStar Credit Union expects to install signs on its 100 W. Bay St. building Downtown during March and start moving employees into the seven-story structure. The city approved two sign permits Jan. 16 for “VyStar 100 West Bay” at a project cost of $39,000 each. The second-floor signs will face Laura Street and Bay Street. Brown Enterprises is the contractor. Chief Marketing Officer Judy Walz said the Jacksonville-based financial services institution will start moving employees into 100 W. Bay St. at the end of the first quarter and complete the move by the end of the second quarter in June. VyStar Credit Union bought the former Life of the South Building in
February for $5 million. It gutted and renovated it. VyStar bought the adjacent SunTrust Tower at 76 S. Laura St. and a parking garage in July 2018 for $59 million. It renamed the structure VyStar Tower and remodeled it. It put signs on top of the 23-story high-rise in July. VyStar intends to buy a city-owned lot Downtown to build another garage. VyStar is relocating its headquarters to the campus from 4949 Blanding Blvd. in West Jacksonville. It expects about 1,000 credit union employees will work Downtown. KMATHIS@JAXDAILYRECORD @MATHISKB (904) 356-2466
Baptist Health announced plans Jan. 23 to build a $200 million, 300,000-square-foot hospital at its Baptist Clay Medical Campus in Fleming Island. Groundbreaking for the 100bed hospital will be in spring 2020, with an anticipated opening date in early 2022. Baptist’s Clay campus is at 1771 Baptist Clay Drive. Baptist Health said the hospital targets the needs of the “rapidly expanding” Clay County area. The hospital will provide women’s services and enhanced cardiology services, in addition to the services provided at the Baptist Clay Campus. That includes an adult and Wolfson Children’s Hospital emergency department, ambulatory surgery center, specialty services and imaging. The project will include private patient rooms, a Starbucks Coffee shop, an outdoor dining area and a community room that holds 125 people. An outdoor jogging path will be added to connect to Black Creek Trail. Baptist Health said the hospital will create 700 jobs in Clay County. Darin Roark, Baptist Health vice president of ambulatory campuses and emergency services, will serve as the hospital president. “Clay County residents tell us they need more hospital-based health care services close to where SEE HOSPITAL, PAGE 2
J.B. Coxwell selected for Hart Bridge ramp demolition A $25.45 million bid to demolish part of the elevated Hart Bridge Expressway and construct new ramp connections is headed to Mayor Lenny Curry’s desk for final approval. The city’s General Government Awards Committee voted Jan. 23 to recommend awarding the demolition contract to Jacksonville-based J.B. Coxwell Contracting Inc. The company’s bid beat Roanoke, Texas-based Johnson Bros. Corp. A Southland Co that bid $31,313,699.79 and Jacksonville-based Superior Construction Co. Southeast LLC at $32,125,687. Demolition is expected to be completed by the end of 2021.
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