Medical network announces expansion

FORT MYERS — Lee Health, one of the largest nonprofit community health organizations in Southwest Florida, plans to add a new urgent care center and multi-specialty practice to its sprawling network.

The new facility will be built on a site on Metro Parkway, just north of Daniels Road near Gulf Coast Medical Center, a 349-bed hospital operated by Lee Health, according to a statement. The Lee Health board approved a lease with Metro-Daniels (North Parcel) Investors LLC for 40,000 square feet, the release adds.

The new construction project, which will house a Lee Convenient Care and Lee Physician Group office, in addition to cardiology testing services, is expected to be ready by fall 2017. “This new location will help to align multi-specialty services of Lee Physician Group and centralize support services for efficiency,” Lee Health Outpatient Services Chief Administrative Officer Dave Cato says in the statement.