- June 12, 2026
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Sarasota Memorial Health Care System has officially opened its newest facility, a $220 million project that aims to elevate outpatient cancer treatment in the region. The Milman-Kover Cancer Pavilion is at 1941 Waldemere St., across the street from the downtown hospital, and it offers everything from genetic testing to infusions.
Hospital officials joined hundreds of community members to cut the ribbon on the 200,000-square-foot pavilion June 12, following more than two years of construction. New York-based Turner Construction Co. partnered with Venice construction management firm J2 Solutions to build the facility. The project broke ground in November 2023, and it consists of the center and an attached garage with nearly 700 parking spaces.
A pedestrian sky bridge over Waldemere Street connects the newly opened Milman-Kover Cancer Pavilion with the Sarasota Memorial Oncology Tower.
“Integration is essential in the cancer world,” Sarasota Memorial COO Jeff Limbocker said at the ribbon-cutting for the seven-story facility. “A cancer diagnosis is life-changing, and our goal is to make every step of the journey — from screening, diagnosis, treatment, recovery and survivorship — as seamless and supportive as we can possibly make it. Together, these new centers of care have transformed our ability to deliver world-class oncology services right here at home in Sarasota.”
The goal behind the new cancer center is to offer a spectrum of outpatient oncology services, from genetic testing to infusions, in one place, hospital officials say.
Within the Milman-Kover Cancer Pavilion are the following:
Each year, Sarasota Memorial treats more than 7,000 newly-diagnosed cancer patients, according to Sarasota Memorial spokesperson Kim Savage.
Approximately 200 oncology team members will staff the Milman-Kover Cancer Pavilion, Savage says, of which 32 are new hires. In the past year, Savage notes, the healthcare system hired 30 additional oncology staff members for the Brian D. Jellison Cancer Institute.
Initially, the Brian D. Jellison Cancer Institute began to take shape in 2020 when Sarasota Memorial opened its first outpatient radiation center at its University Parkway campus. Its second facility came when SMH opened an inpatient and surgical Oncology Tower on the Sarasota campus in 2021.
And the institute is not finished growing, according to SMH officials, who say future outpatient expansion is planned but not yet budgeted for in South County.
Sarasota Memorial Health Care System had $2.2 billion in operating revenue in 2025. That year, it had 2.03 million patient registrations across its network, which includes inpatient and outpatient services as well as First Physician Group practices.
