Nearly 80,000-square-foot Lakeland medical building breaks ground

Construction has started on a new medical office facility in Lakeland.

The 77,200-square-foot Watson Clinic Medical Office building will be part of Orlando Health’s Lakeland Highlands Hospital campus under construction on Polk Parkway where it meets Lakeland Highlands Road.

Hoar Construction, the general contractor for the Watson Clinic project, says work is expected to be completed by midyear 2026. The building, Hoar says, will include offices and imaging labs.