Healthcare

GAINESVILLE, FLA. — Charles Perry Partners has been selected to construct the $30.3 million, 90,000-square-foot University of Florida Harrell Medical Education Building, located in Gainesville. The facility, which will be the medical school's first freestanding building, will serve as a focal point for integration and program development for all primary care educational activities in the College of Medicine. Groundbreaking on the four-story building is scheduled for spring 2013, with completion slated for October 2014.

GULFPORT, MISS. — The Naval Facilities Engineering Command has selected Satterfield & Pontikes (S&P) Construction to build a 57,000-square-foot Branch Health Clinic, located in Gulfport. The Navy patient care facility will replace the base's 42-year-old health clinic. S&P will demolish two buildings and a manual car wash to build the property, which is designed to achieve LEED Silver certification. Completion is slated for fall 2014.

JONESBORO, GA. — Kaiser Permanente has selected McCarthy Building Cos. for the $25 million renovation of the 70,563-square-foot Southwood Comprehensive Medical Center, located at 2400 Mount Zion Parkway in Jonesboro. The project will include increased parking, a new radiology addition and a two-story general addition totaling 65,000 square feet. Gresham, Smith and Partners is the architect of record. Construction is scheduled to begin this fall, with completion slated for January 2014.