Orlando Health has broken ground on its 302-bed Lakeland Highlands Hospital, which is scheduled to open in 2026.
Skanska, a Stockholm-based project development and construction group, landed the $109 million contract to build the 581,251-square-foot acute care facility. The new hospital will feature a 48-bed emergency department, 30 intensive care rooms, 16 rooms for a women’s birthing program, shelled space for a future neonatal intensive care unit, and additional support services including imaging, a lab, a pharmacy, a dining room and a gift shop.
The new south Lakeland facility is being constructed on 80 acres at the southeast corner of the Polk Parkway at Lakeland Highlands Road. It was originally only going to have 136 beds, but Orlando Health officials more than doubled its scale last year after conducting a feasibility study that showed a need for 600 additional hospital beds in Lakeland.