LeeSar opens $40M facility

FORT MYERS — Medical distributor LeeSar opened a $40 million distribution facility that will allow it to expand its operations throughout the Southeast.

Lee Memorial Health System and Sarasota Memorial Health System formed LeeSar to buy and distribute medical supplies to hospitals and other medical facilities. LeeSar distributes medical devices, repackaged pharmaceuticals and sterilized surgical equipment. It also prepares food and repairs surgical instruments for area hospitals and other health care organizations.

The nonprofit cooperative held a grand opening for the new facility on Winkler Avenue in Fort Myers on Thursday. The new facility is three times larger than LeeSar's previous warehouse in Lehigh Acres.