Health First has announced plans for a $230-million, five-floor patient tower expansion of Palm Bay Hospital in Brevard County, Florida. The schematic design phase will begin in August and construction is slated to begin in summer 2026. The new tower is scheduled to be completed in 2028. A project team has not yet been selected.
Palm Bay Hospital was originally built in 1992 as a 60-bed micro-hospital. And while expansions have been made to the campus over the years, the facility was not designed to handle the level of growth Brevard County and Palm Bay has experienced over the last decade.
Plans for the expansion include 60 new inpatient beds, expanded operating rooms, cath labs, an upgraded sterile processing department, two shelled floors to support future growth and improved navigation.
