Although FSU Health is more than just brick and mortar , its first physical manifestations are taking shape in Tallahassee and farther west in the Panhandle ’ s Bay County .
A groundbreaking ceremony was held Sept . 12 on the Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare ( TMH ) campus for a four-story , 140,000-square-foot academic health center that will include clinical research space , a family medicine residency practice , laboratory facilities and other resources designed to bridge the gap between academic research and patient care . It will house about 30 principal investigators and is expected to attract $ 40 million in grant funding annually .
In July , the first medical office building opened on a planned 87-acre medical campus in Panama City Beach . The St . Joe Company offered the land to TMH , which in turn is partnering with FSU to grow the site , eventually to include a hospital , ambulatory surgical and urgent care centers , and additional services .
The site is located near the Latitude Margaritaville Watersound active adult community , which when fully built will have 3,500 homes . The university has plans for future research facilities at the campus and will study successful aging , senior living technology and other topics to improve quality of life . Currently , the college is partnering with the College of Nursing to offer services in the new facility .
Photo courtesy of TMH .
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