BayCare plans new hospital in Plant City
August 12, 2020 - South Florida Baptist Hospital plans to build a new hospital about four miles from its current location in Plant City. The proposed new location is off Exit 22 of Interstate 4. Construction is expected to begin in summer 2021 and take about 30 months to complete. The hospital, part of the BayCare Health System, opened in 1953 and has undergone 12 major additions, renovations and expansions. It has run out of room to expand on its current site, said Karen Kerr, hospital president. The planned $326 million project will include 150 private patient rooms with the ability to add 30 more in the future. It also will include an 85,000-square-foot medical office building.