Stellar Completes Construction Management Work for $1 Billion UF Health Durbin Park Campus

Highlights

• Stellar supported completion of the first phase of UF Health Durbin Park, a 42.5-acre health care campus in St. Johns County, Florida.
• The development includes a 72,000-square-foot medical office building and a five-story, 220,000-square-foot hospital.
• The hospital features 99 inpatient beds, a 24-hour emergency department, operating rooms and advanced imaging facilities.
• Stellar provided hospital project management through a joint venture with Batson-Cook Construction and served as primary construction manager for the medical office building.
• A standalone central energy plant supplies critical infrastructure for the campus.

A major health care campus in Northeast Florida has completed its first phase, adding hospital capacity and specialty medical services to serve the region's growing population. Stellar provided construction management services for UF Health Durbin Park, a 42.5-acre development in St. Johns County that forms part of a broader $1 billion investment in regional health care infrastructure.

The completed phase includes a three-story medical office building, a five-story hospital and a standalone central energy plant. The larger development is expected to create approximately 2,000 jobs as it advances.

Hospital and Medical Office Building Expand Care Capacity

The 72,000-square-foot UF Health Durbin Park Medical Office Building 1 brings multiple specialty services into one location. Planned services include general surgery, gynecology, heart and vascular care, laboratory services, neurology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, ear, nose and throat care, outpatient rehabilitation, pain management and urology.

Stellar served as the primary construction manager for the medical office building, which was designed by Gresham Smith.

Adjacent to the office building, the 220,000-square-foot hospital includes 99 inpatient beds and a 24-hour emergency department. Other facilities include acute and intensive care, operating rooms, advanced imaging and hybrid laboratories for interventional procedures.

Stellar provided project management for the hospital through a joint venture with Batson-Cook Construction. Gresham Smith also led the hospital's design.

Together, the facilities are intended to bring a wider range of medical services closer to residents in St. Johns County and the greater Jacksonville area.

Central Energy Plant Supports Campus Operations

The first phase also includes a standalone central energy plant managed by Stellar. The facility provides the infrastructure required to power and operate the hospital and medical office building.

Centralized energy infrastructure is a key component of large health care campuses, where reliable building systems support clinical operations, specialized equipment and patient care environments.

The Durbin Park project builds on the existing relationship between Stellar and UF Health, which includes work associated with the Leon L. Haley Jr., MD, Trauma Center for Northeast Florida.

Why It Matters for Health Care Construction

The Durbin Park development illustrates the coordination required to deliver multiple health care facilities alongside shared campus infrastructure. Hospital construction involves integrating clinical spaces, building systems and essential utilities while coordinating the work of owners, designers, construction managers and contractors.

For health care developers and construction teams, delivering the hospital, medical office building and central energy plant as components of one campus can help align infrastructure with operational requirements. The broader project also reflects the role of large-scale health care investment in expanding regional service capacity and supporting employment growth.

Source: Steller.