New $24M rehab hospital to be built in Pinellas Park
February 26, 2022 - The Texas-based Everest Rehabilitation Hospital closed on a 6-acre property in Pinellas Park where it plans to build a $24 million health care facility. The group closed on the property this week in a $1.7 million deal. The planned 40,000-square-foot facility would have 36 beds, according to a news release. Everest hospitals include technologically advanced equipped inpatient and outpatient physical therapy gyms, a large outdoor mobility courtyard for therapeutic use, aqua therapy, a furnished life skills training apartment with a full kitchen and bathroom, in-house dialysis, and an in-house pharmacy. “The level of care in our acute rehabilitation hospital setting cannot be provided at other levels of care such as skilled nursing facilities,” Everest Rehabilitation CEO Jay Quintana said in a release. “The average length of stay at a comprehensive, inpatient rehabilitation hospital is one-third that of a typical stay at a skilled nursing facility." Earlier this month, Everest Rehabilitation Hospital announced it was building a free-standing comprehensive physical rehabilitation hospital in the heart of Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda.