Master planning led to a new structure serving two vital roles.

One of the major projects resulting from the master planning on the Baptist Health Jacksonville campus was the Women’s and Children’s Hospital and Baptist Entry Care Pavilion. This building has a dual purpose, serving as the new public entry and lobby for the entire Downtown Campus and supporting a major Wolfson Children’s Hospital NICU and PICU expansion.

The new facility connects and complements existing structures.

The new building is approximately 228,000 square feet and houses a two-level grand lobby, as well as 75 private NICU beds and 50 private PICU patient rooms, each with family rooming areas. Additionally, the building is topped with a major mechanical penthouse, including significant IT infrastructure. The building closely ties to the existing Wolfson Children’s Hospital, linking directly at floors one through five. It also abuts and connects to the Pavilion Building that houses the newly renovated labor and delivery rooms and postpartum unit on three levels.

A new parking structure integrates to create a new face for the Downtown Campus.

The arrival court is designed to enhance the arrival experience for patients and families, can accommodate four lanes of vehicles, and offers a major entry canopy framed by the landscaped plaza. The project includes the relocation of major subsurface utilities and the demolition of the old, existing P2 parking structure. This project and the new P2 parking structure create a new face for the Downtown Campus. An elevated pedestrian bridge spans Palm Avenue connecting the P2 parking structure to the new building.