As population grows, area sees influx of new health care facilities

A trio of health care entities — through a variety of expansion projects miles apart — carries a heightened sense of urgency to attract more patients in the Lakewood Ranch area.

  • By Grier Ferguson
  • | 6:10 a.m. July 12, 2019
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Lori Sax. Lakewood Ranch Medical Center CEO Andy Guz says part of the facility’s expansion included a new catheterization laboratory.
Lori Sax. Lakewood Ranch Medical Center CEO Andy Guz says part of the facility’s expansion included a new catheterization laboratory.
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Lakewood Ranch, in Manatee and Sarasota counties, is on a well-documented growth spurt, from new senior living facilities to schools to expanding businesses. John Burns Real Estate Consulting and RCLCO Real Estate Advisors both named the 31,000-acre master-planned community, with some 36,000 residents, No. 2 in the U.S. in 2018 home sales. 

 

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