The former CVS box at 102 S. Dale Mabry Highway is on track to swap out greeting cards for gurneys. BayCare has filed plans with the City of Tampa to convert the one-story, 13,305-square-foot pharmacy building into a freestanding emergency department affiliated with St. Joseph’s Hospital.
City filings describe a full gut job and rebuild. The plans call for exam rooms, CT and radiology imaging suites, a trauma room, laboratory services and administrative space. Drawings also show medical-air systems, upgraded emergency electrical infrastructure and two new exterior canopies, one for ambulance drop-off and another for patients arriving at the front door.
According to Tampa Bay Business & Wealth, city records list a declared construction value of $9 million and show BayCare Properties LLC bought the site in February 2025. The project is identified in the paperwork as a freestanding emergency department tied to St. Joseph’s Hospital. Permit files do not spell out how the ER will be staffed or run day to day, and the outlet reports BayCare did not immediately respond to its request for comment.
BayCare’s broader push
The Dale Mabry plan fits neatly into BayCare’s ongoing push to move higher-acuity care closer to where people actually live and work. The system’s BayCare page notes it operates 16 hospitals and employs nearly 33,000 team members across West Central Florida…