Florida Construction News staff writer
Cleveland Clinic is in the process of purchasing land for a new hospital in West Palm Beach. The plans include approximately 150 inpatient beds, an emergency department, a medical office building and an ambulatory surgery center.
The site will be the first nonprofit research hospital in the city and the first new hospital constructed downtown in over a century.
Also, a leased space at 15 CityPlace will be converted into a new outpatient location that will nearly quadruple the square footage of the existing Cleveland Clinic Health Center. Additional services will include chemotherapy and infusions, a concierge medicine program, imaging, endoscopy and outpatient surgery. As the fundraising campaign kicks off in 2025, and donors throughout the community get involved, community updates with further details can be shared.
“A broad range of specialties will be provided in the new hospital with the flexibility to adapt and add specialty care as the needs of the Palm Beach community evolve. Priority specialties will include heart, vascular and thoracic care, digestive disease care, neurological care and cancer care,” said Conor P. Delaney, M.D., Ph.D., president, Cleveland Clinic’s Florida Market.
Cleveland Clinic has had a presence in South Florida for more than 30 years.
“Palm Beach County has long been an area where we have planned to grow to enhance care for the community,” said Dr. Tom Mihaljevic, CEO and president of Cleveland Clinic, said in a statement. “Our expansion plan will transform care for the community with a new hospital and outpatient clinics that provide a broad range of specialties, greater access and innovative patient experience programs.”
