Central Florida Health Care Inc. plans to triple the size of its Lakeland clinic just across from Bryant Stadium.
The nonprofit healthcare group has asked the City Commission to approve a zoning change so it can build a four-story, 34,000-square-foot health clinic on unpaved land that is currently used as a parking lot.
The lot is next to CFHC’s current two-story, 11,600-square-foot building. That structure would remain in use through the construction phase and then be demolished.
The organization was founded in 1972. It has 15 sites in Polk, Hardee, and Highlands counties, including one unique Community School Health Center at Crystal Lake Elementary School in Lakeland. CFHC also has two mobile healthcare units to serve the most rural areas of the tri-county area.
Services: The clinic currently provides:
- Primary-care medical.
- Pediatric and adult dental care.
- Behavioral health.
- OB/GYN.
- Nutritional counseling.
- Optometry.
The project would add on-site labs and full pharmacy services, including a drive-thru window for patients to pick up prescriptions.