Medical center announces $120 million project

Lakewood Ranch Medical Center is expanding in the form of a $120 million project. 

The new addition, a five-story tower, will bring 60 patient beds and expand departments like pharmacy, laboratory, education, pre-admission testing, and food and nutrition services. Currently, the acute-care hospital has 120 beds.

The 170,000-square-foot tower is the first phase of many planned over the next several years for facility expansion. Future expansion opportunities include the potential of two more floors in the tower as well as 60 additional patient beds.