St. Joseph’s/Candler to Build Micro-Hospital to Better Serve Region

St. Joseph’s/Candler plans to build a 170,000-square-foot micro-hospital in Pooler, Georgia. This new campus will be a destination center for patients traveling in from the region, where they will find a technologically advanced, concierge-level of service across many specialties.

The new 18-acre campus project will be multi-phased and built out over a 10-year period to create a multi-story, technologically advanced medical facility. It will house offices for specialty and primary care offices in close proximity to key clinical services. The total estimated cost of the project is $62 million. Phase one will be about 61,000 square feet and cost $21 million.

Phase I

Phase I of the St. Joseph’s/Candler Pooler Campus will be about 61,000 square feet and cost $21 million. It will open in early 2019 and house distinct medical offices and clinical services.

The medical office building will contain:

• Primary care services
• Urgent care services
• Specialist offices
• The clinical services portion will contain:
• Outpatient surgery services
• Endoscopy services
• Advanced imaging services
• Outpatient physical therapy services
• Pharmacy services
• Laboratory services
• Wellness services
• Community education services

Phase II will include:

• Expanded primary care offices
• Expanded specialty offices
• Wound Care
• Cardiac rehab
• Occupational medicine
• Diagnostic cardiology
• Short stay observation beds

Source: www.sjchs.org.