A 144,000-square-foot U.S. Veterans Affairs mental health clinic in Temple Terrace, Florida is complete. Cullinan Properties, Leo A Daly and Hoar Construction were selected by the General Services Administration as the team on the project, which broke ground in fourth quarter of 2021. The clinic is under an activation period to hire and train staff; the first patients will be seen in January of 2024.
The two-story facility sits on almost 20 acres of land and is a consolidation project to bring together services from three local hospitals into one location. The clinic was designed with direct input from patients and clinicians, taking into consideration the unique needs of veterans.
The building includes 60 patient rooms, a two-story 100,000-square-foot clinic with 265 consult rooms, an activities courtyard with a basketball court, walkways, a garden shed and planters, a full-service kitchen and dining room and a social activities room with a residential kitchen for patients to practice life skills. The facility has a Green Globes rating of two globes, which is above the one-globe requirement of all VA facilities and measures the environmental sustainability, health and wellness of projects.
