$563M Manatee County hospital breaks ground

Clearwater-based BayCare broke ground this week on its first hospital in Manatee County. The $563 million BayCare Hospital Manatee will include 154 beds in private rooms on Moccasin Wallow Road in Palmetto, near the Interstate 75 and I-275 interchange. The hospital is expected to open in early 2028.

BayCare Hospital Manatee will be the first not-for-profit hospital in Manatee County and the only hospital north of the Manatee River.

“Today is an exciting day as this groundbreaking represents BayCare's ongoing commitment to improving health care access for the communities we serve," BayCare President and CEO Stephanie Conners says in an April 30 statement.