PANAMA CITY BEACH − The beginning stages of what will be the Beach‘s first hospital are months away from accepting patients.
According to Mike Kerrigan, spokesperson for the St. Joe Company, the medical office building being built in Panama City Beach near the intersection of State 79 and Philip Griffitts Sr. Parkway is slated to open sometime this year.
It will boast primary care, urgent care, an ambulatory surgery center, cardiology and orthopedic services. The building is the first piece of a larger medical campus planned to cover 87 acres in the area.
“It’s exciting to see as you drive along State 79 — the building is topped out, it’s reached its maximum height, the windows have gone in (and) we see some exterior painting going on,” Kerrigan said. “It’s much easier to visualize now than it was maybe several months ago.
“We’re excited for that to be the first piece of that medical campus, and we have (plans) for it to grow incrementally over time across that parcel.”
Past reports note there have been discussions with St. Joe officials about the medical office building possibly opening sometime in late summer. Kerrigan, however, would not give any hints on Monday for when during the year it should open.