AdventHealth’s Winter Garden campus is closing in on a $145 million vertical expansion that will tack on three new floors, 80 inpatient beds, and the hospital’s first labor-and-delivery unit. The work will bring the existing patient tower to seven stories and make room on campus for a standalone cancer institute. Crews topped out the structure in July 2025 and are now working through interior build-outs, mechanical systems, and the final exterior envelope. Hospital leaders say the project is designed to expand access to obstetrics and cancer care for residents in West Orange and Horizon West.
The health system celebrated the topping-out milestone with a campus ceremony and says the 105,000-square-foot tower expansion broke ground in May 2024. AdventHealth notes the addition will bring new operating rooms and more progressive-care capacity while reserving shell space for future services as the area continues to grow. The patient tower and the separate cancer institute are both aiming for a summer 2026 debut, according to AdventHealth.
Local development coverage reports that the vertical build adds roughly 105,000 square feet and is folded into a roughly $188.2 million overall campus investment that also covers a $43.2 million cancer institute, as detailed by Florida YIMBY. General contractor Brasfield & Gorrie is leading construction, with HuntonBrady Architects handling the tower design. Florida YIMBY lists the patient tower’s current completion target as September 2026 and notes that interior trades are now the main focus on site.
What the new tower will include
One of the new floors will be given over entirely to women’s services, bringing labor and delivery to AdventHealth Winter Garden for the first time. Plans call for nine labor-and-delivery/recovery rooms, 10 postpartum beds, and two dedicated cesarean-section operating rooms. At opening, the expansion will activate 40 of the 80 new inpatient beds, with the remaining 40 kept as shell space for future build-out. That will bring the hospital’s licensed capacity to 176 beds, according to the West Orange Times & Observer. The layout also reserves an area for a future Level II neonatal intensive care unit.
Cancer Institute and services
Alongside the tower work, AdventHealth is putting up a separate three-story Cancer Institute of about 60,000 square feet on the Winter Garden campus. The center is set to house radiation oncology, medical oncology, and PET imaging, paired with a patient-focused Eden Spa and Boutique that will offer wig fittings and post-treatment support. Industry coverage pegs the cancer center’s budget at roughly $43.2 million and projects an opening by mid-2026, according to DotMed. The institute is being positioned to serve patients across West Orange and South Lake counties who would otherwise have to travel farther for specialty oncology care.
Why this matters locally
The combined projects are expected to generate more than 100 new medical and support jobs, providing a hiring lift both during construction and once the new units open, the West Orange Times & Observer reports. For local families, the bigger impact may be on drive times. The additional beds, new labor-and-delivery unit, and cancer services are intended to keep births and complex oncology care in West Orange and Horizon West instead of routing patients to hospitals farther east. State Agency for Health Care Administration data cited in local coverage point to thousands of births in the area each year, underscoring the demand for closer-to-home maternity care…