With land purchased, site-clearing accredited and the groundbreaking ceremony within the books, the Lake Erie School of Osteopathic Medication at Jacksonville College utilized to the town for a constructing allow March 31 at a venture value of $33 million.
LECOM plans a three-story, 72,000-square-foot medical faculty on 9.87 acres at 5415 Dolphin Level Blvd., which is north of the riverfront JU campus in Arlington. It purchased the land March 21 for $5.22 million.
Danis Building LLC is proven because the contractor. Kasper architects + associates Inc. is the architect and Meskel & Associates Engineering LLC is the civil engineer.
Town issued a site-clearing allow March 6 for RH Constructors Inc. to clear the land at a venture value of $846,000 venture.
The Lake Erie School of Osteopathic Medication at Jacksonville College is deliberate on the north finish of the Arlington campus.
One other allow is in evaluate for Danis Building to place within the estimated $2.7 million concrete foundations and structural metal.
Town reviews that as of March 31, the overall web site enchancment value is sort of $36.55 million.
“LECOM at Jacksonville College, anchored inside our increasing Medical Mall, will remodel the north finish of our campus right into a hub for well being care innovation. We’re proud to play a pivotal position in bringing a four-year medical faculty to Jacksonville and positioning our neighborhood on the forefront of well being care innovation and schooling,” mentioned JU President Tim Value on the March 26 ground-breaking.
The partnership was introduced in November 2022. LECOM is investing $50 million to construct and function a four-year medical faculty.
“LECOM has all the time been devoted to advancing medical schooling and the opening of our new campus in Jacksonville is a pivotal second for the area’s well being care future,” mentioned Dr. John Ferretti, president and CEO of LECOM, on the ground-breaking.
A rendering of the lecture corridor contained in the Lake Erie School of Osteopathic Medication at Jacksonville College.
“This facility won’t solely practice the following technology of physicians but additionally strengthen the well being care workforce in Northeast Florida, bettering entry to high quality care and addressing the area’s rising medical wants.”
Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan mentioned the ability will have an effect on schooling and the native financial system.
“We’re honored that LECOM selected to take a position $50 million in Jacksonville. This medical faculty will generate 600 jobs and a $60 million a 12 months native financial affect by 2030.”
A studying middle contained in the Lake Erie School of Osteopathic Medication at Jacksonville College.
The primary cohort of 75 college students is scheduled to start lessons in July 2026. LECOM plans to extend enrollment to 150 college students every year over the next 5 years.
LECOM says it’s the nation’s largest medical school and osteopathic educational well being system, producing extra main care physicians than another U.S. medical faculty.
The permits are the most recent in development approvals wanted for the venture.
Civil engineer Taylor & White Inc. submitted plans to the town Oct. 16, 2024. Rimrock Devlin Growth of Lake Metropolis is the developer, applicant and proprietor’s consultant.
The monument signal for the Lake Erie School of Osteopathic Medication at Jacksonville College.
The location is north of Dolphin Pointe Well being Care and west of the JU Well being Sciences Advanced.
The 55-acre JU Medical Mall is owned by Dayton, Ohio-based OLT II Inc., which was led by JU graduate Gregory Nelson, who died in February 2021 on the age of 71.
LECOM purchased the land from OLT II Inc.
LECOM mentioned it formally filed its formal software with the business’s governing accrediting physique, the Fee on Osteopathic School Accreditation, on Oct. 12, 2022, to ascertain its fifth campus.
A web site plan exhibits Lake Erie School of Osteopathic Medication at Jacksonville College surrounded by a parking zone. LECOM plans a three-story, 72,000-square-foot medical faculty on 9.87 acres at 5415 Dolphin Level Blvd., which is north of the riverfront JU campus in Arlington.
A rendering of the Lake Erie School of Osteopathic Medication coming to Jacksonville College.