Miami-Dade Commissioners on Tuesday could approve a proposed freestanding Jackson Health System emergency room and medical offices on a property at the northeastern corner of SW 8th Street and Galiano Avenue in Coral Gables.
This would be part of the Jackson Health Systems network and aims to fill a growing demand, according to Jackson’s own studies.
“The population in the area surrounding the northeast corner of Coral Gables is growing rapidly,” reads the application prepared by the Miami-Dade Regulatory and Economic ResourcesRew. “In the next five years, the population surrounding the proposed Emergency Department within a five-mile radius is projected to grow 7.3%, for an additional 45,000 people.
“Demographic statistics also show that the segment of population that would be growing the fastest would be that of the ‘baby boomers’ (65 years old and older). Thus, an aging population would demand increased medical services,” the recommendation states.
In other words, people need an emergency room closer to them. This map shows a five-mile radius of coverage which allows people to get emergency and often life-saving treatment faster.
While the property is in Coral Gables, the City Beautiful might not have anything to say about it. The property is zoned Commercial Limited (CL) and Single-Family Residential (SFR) according to the city’s zoning map. But in 2018, Gables commissioners granted conditional use approval for a medical use. The Miami-Dade RER Department says “the property is now under the County’s exclusive jurisdiction. Accordingly, this application is being reviewed pursuant to the County’s Government Facilities process.”
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The new facility would be funded by the Jackson Miracle Bond program, the foundation of the capital plan, which includes work at existing Jackson campuses as well as the development of new facilities in target areas.
The proposed emergency department will consist of a CT Scanner and Radiology/Fluoroscopy, two resuscitation rooms, eight exam rooms, and support spaces. The multispecialty primary care clinic office space will have six exam rooms and space for support staff and equipment. The project is currently in the design, development phase. Jackson expects to break ground in June and open in July 2022.
According to Miami-Dade records, the property at 3737 SW 8th St. was purchased by the county for $8 million from Samuel Mozes in 2018 — although it’s worth less than half that — and gifted to Jackson by Commissioner Rebeca Sosa, whose district it is in.
There’s another property Jackson owns at 36 Oviedo, also purchased from Samuel Mozes for $400K, but there’s a property in between that is owned by a Miami Beach couple that might be needed to make the project contiguous.
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