Skanska USA has topped out Phase One of Lee Health’s new hospital campus in Fort Myers, marking a major construction milestone for the health system’s forthcoming expansion in Southwest Florida. The project is being built for Lee Health and designed by Flad Architects, with the broader 52-acre campus set to include a five-story hospital totaling approximately 400,000 square feet of healthcare and office space, a 122,000-square-foot medical office building, and an ambulatory surgery center that will serve as the home of the Lee Health Musculoskeletal Institute. The completed campus is scheduled to open in 2028.
A topping out ceremony was held this week at the project site to commemorate the milestone for the hospital and medical office building, which are intended to expand access to advanced medical services across Lee County as population growth continues throughout Southwest Florida.
Phase One of the development will include 18 operating rooms, 168 patient rooms including 24 ICU beds, and 44 emergency department beds. The hospital will also include a central energy plant designed to ensure efficient and uninterrupted power supply for advanced medical equipment and around-the-clock patient care operations.
“The topping out of Phase 1 at our Fort Myers campus marks a significant moment in bringing this vision to life,” said Larry Antonucci, M.D., President and CEO of Lee Health. “Each beam placed represents our commitment to building a stronger future for healthcare in Southwest Florida that expands access, supports our care teams, and ensures patients receive exceptional care for generations to come.”
Construction has advanced at a substantial scale. According to Skanska, the firm and its 56 trade partners have logged more than 720,000 work hours to date, with approximately 700 workers on-site each day. The team has also poured more than 33,000 cubic yards of concrete and installed over 12 miles, or 64,510 feet, of medical gas piping as work continues on the campus…