{"id":317286,"date":"2026-06-23T20:57:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T20:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/317286\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T20:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T20:57:19","slug":"orlando-health-to-build-full-service-hospital-at-tupperware-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/317286\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Health to build full-service hospital at Tupperware campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Orlando Health<\/a> bought the undeveloped land around its free-standing emergency room across from the Tupperware SunRail station in 2019, it was a given the company would eventually expand the health care offerings to include an acute care hospital.<\/p>\n

Now those plans are moving closer to reality. Last week, the company filed construction plans for a 480,782-square-foot hospital with an eight-story patient tower connected to the existing facility. The project would be developed across two phases, with 365,398 square feet in phase 1 and 115,384 square feet in phase 2.<\/p>\n

The plans, filed with Osceola County and the South Florida Water Management District, call for a 146-bed acute care hospital with 12,164 square feet of office space and a separate building housing a central energy plant. The plans, submitted by Harris Civil Engineering<\/a>, create more than 1,100 parking spaces to serve the new hospital, which is being constructed on the existing parking lot. The project architect is HDR Architecture<\/a>, based in Tampa.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe new acute care hospital will be developed on land adjacent to the existing emergency room and medical pavilion that was purchased in 2019. (Osceola County Property Appraiser)<\/p>\n

This would be the company\u2019s second acute care hospital in Osceola County, following the acquisition of St. Cloud Medical Center. Orlando Health also operates an ER and medical pavilion at Reunion Village<\/a> and has entitlements for a 240-bed hospital.<\/p>\n

Hospital spokeswoman Lisa Maria Garza confirmed the plans to GrowthSpotter. \u201cWe are dedicated to advancing the compassionate, high-quality healthcare our team members provide in the communities we are grateful to serve. We look forward to sharing more information as plans progress,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Orlando Health\u00a0opened its three-story 60,000-square-foot emergency room and medical pavilion in 2018<\/a>. It includes more than 15 treatment rooms, an imaging department, ambulance bays and a helipad, along with parking and supporting infrastructure.<\/p>\n

In 2019, Orlando Health locked down the 6.3 acres adjacent<\/a> to its Tupperware campus facilities for $5.2 million. In 2024, OH bought another 2.6 acres<\/a> across the street for $2.5 million to accommodate future medical offices but has not filed any plans for those parcels.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe planned expansion (pink) would be constructed in two phases on the emergency room’s current parking lot. (Site plan by Harris Civil Engineering)<\/p>\n

The new hospital is welcome news for Orlando-based Kimaya Real Estate<\/a>, which has approved permits to build a dual-branded Marriott hotel<\/a> with a Fairfield Inn and TownePlace Suites just south of the recently completed Parkway Crossings apartment community across the street. Sid Gautam, director of acquisitions and development, said the 142-room hotel would complement the new hospital, but the site could also be developed with medical offices.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe market has been slow on the lending side for hotels, but we\u2019re still hoping to get it off the ground,\u201d he said. \u201cThe whole corridor is blowing up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the company that owns the former Tupperware World Headquarters campus sought guidance from county planning officials for a plan to raze the campus<\/a> and replace it with a 60-acre industrial park. While the county welcomed the concept, which would bring more commercial uses to the Osecola Corporate Center Planned Development, the property hasn\u2019t traded, and no permits have been filed.<\/p>\n

O\u2019Connor Capital Partners bought the bulk of the Tupperware property<\/a> back in 2020 for $87 million. Development Director Peter Bergner told GrowthSpotter he\u2019s excited to see the hospital plans move forward. \u201cIt\u2019s awesome,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve waited seven years. We always knew they were going to expand the hospital, but I still have land to sell.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bergner said\u00a0Miami-based\u00a0Pinnacle is under contract<\/a> for a 2.15-acre lot at the southeast corner of Orange Avenue and Tupperware Boulevard, a block from the SunRail station. O\u2019Connor is still marketing 17 acres in the Transit Oriented District.<\/p>\n

Most of the activity in the immediate area is taking place north of the county line, in Orange County\u2019s Tupperware Heights. There, Tesla is planning a new dealership,<\/a> and two apartment developers are in permitting for nearly 900 dwelling units.<\/p>\n

Flournoy Development Group<\/a>\u00a0plans to build a\u00a0350-unit apartment community<\/a> at the northwest corner of Mary Louis Lane and S. Orange Avenue. Across the street, Dominium<\/a>\u00a0plans to develop a\u00a0528-unit affordable multifamily complex<\/a> east of Orange Avenue. The entire development would be affordable for residents earning 60% of the local area median income (AMI).<\/p>\n

Have a tip about Central Florida development? Contact me at\u00a0lkinsler@GrowthSpotter.com<\/a> or (407) 420-6261. Follow GrowthSpotter on\u00a0Facebook<\/a> and\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Orlando Health bought the undeveloped land around its free-standing emergency room across from the Tupperware SunRail station…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[558,28,1975,114,49760,139,141,140,1976,1974,32028,480,20892],"class_list":["post-317286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-business","tag-florida","tag-kissimmee","tag-latest-headlines","tag-office-medical","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-osceola-county","tag-osceola-county-developments","tag-projects","tag-real-estate","tag-sunrail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}