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Ascension St. Vincent’s files plans for Arlington ER
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It’s the health care provider’s first area free-standing emergency department.
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Ascension St. Vincent’s submitted civil engineering plans to build its first free-standing emergency department at 9820 Hutchinson Park Drive in Arlington, the first of two under consideration by the health care system. “Although our plans are preliminary, we have identified a need for emergency care in Arlington and on Jacksonville’s Westside. We regularly evaluate our region’s health needs and will continue to identify opportunities to invest and grow,” said Ascension St. Vincent’s spokesman Kyle Sieg. Plans filed with the city show a 13,446-square-foot building on 1.61 acres along Hutchinson Park Drive, at Monument Road near Interstate 295. There’s a place for ambulance drop-off on one side, and a patient drop-off on the other end of the building. The parking lot has 54 spaces. EnVision Design & Engineering is the civil engineer on the project. Ascension St. Vincent’s built an urgent care center in 2018 on a 1.58-acre site at 858 Monument Road, adjacent to the ER property. The construction cost exceeded $3.2 million. The development is in Kendall Town Center, a Gate Lands Co. project. Gate sold the urgent care land to Ascension St. Vincent’s in 2017 for almost $1.38 million. The Westside location has not been identified.
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Students attend class at Florida Coastal School of Law. The law school, founded as a for-profit in 1996, is seeking not-for-profit status.
The Jacksonville law school and its journey to seeking not-for-profit status. BY MAX MARBUT ASSOCIATE EDITOR
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wenty-three years after it was founded, Florida Coastal School of Law is seeking to change its corporate tax status from for-profit to notfor-profit. The school has filed with the American Bar Association an Application for Acquiescence in a Substantive Change in Program or Structure. The application was denied at its first review in August, but the school, with the
ABA’s approval, is submitting additional information for reconsideration, said Florida Coastal President Peter Goplerud. The intent is to change the perception of the school’s corporate structure. “Rightly or wrongly, there is a cloud over for-profit education. We think that some of our competitors use our tax status against us in student recruitment,” Goplerud said. “The time is right to send a positive message to our prospective students and SEE FLORIDA COASTAL, PAGE 12
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Florida Coastal School of Law at 8787 Baypine Road in Baymeadows. The school, accredited by the American Bar Association, is part of The InfiLaw System.
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