Community starts construction on $77 million health care facility

FORT MYERS — A nonprofit continuing care retirement community in Fort Myers recently held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of construction on a $77 million project to build an onsite health care facility.

Waterside Health Center, a six-level, nearly 200,000-square-foot building, will be built in the Shell Point community, according to a news release. It will include a 180-bed skilled nursing facility with private rooms and a full-service health clinic.