Land acquired for new VA hospital for 'medical city' at Lake Nona

Land acquired for new VA hospital for 'medical city' at Lake Nona
By Darryl E. Owens Sentinel Staff Writer
5:16 PM EDT, September 11, 2008
Land for the long-anticipated hospital for Central Florida veterans was acquired Thursday by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The 65-acre parcel in southeast Orlando will house the $656 million, 314-bed VA facility, one of the crown jewels in a 600-acre "medical city" at Lake Nona being pieced together by the Tavistock Group. The purchase price for the property was about $39 million, said Barry Stanley, spokesman for the Orlando VA Medical Center.

Construction is set to begin next year, and the state-of-the art facility would open its doors to Central Florida's 400,000 veterans in 2012.

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