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Outsourcing continues to drive up the balance sheet for one Lehigh Acre company.
LeeSar and Cooperative Services of Florida, the Lehigh Acre-based purchasing and distribution cooperative owned by Sarasota and Lee memorial health systems, continues its quick growth. Last year alone the non-profit brought in $112 million in gross revenue, a gain of 26.8% from the $88.34 million it received in 2007. Now its two parent companies want to increase its operations to include food service and medical-equipment sterilization for both hospital systems.
The business has plans to build a 250,000-square-foot headquarters on the 22-acre site of the closed Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center on Winkler Avenue, which was replaced by the brand new $285-million Gulf Coast Medical Center. Demolition of the hospital should start soon, with construction of the new facility following in the fall.
“We're creating a hub of healthcare manufacturing work right here in Fort Myers,” says Robert Simpson, president and CEO of LeeSar.
Simpsons expects the company will quickly staff up from its current 163 employees to nearly 500 during the next few years.
At the same time, discussions continue between LeeSar's current owners and NCH Healthcare System in System in Naples over a NCN's possible purchase of a third of the company.
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