BayCare’s St. Anthony’s Hospital Expands Capacity With Opening of New 90-Bed Patient Tower

Expansion and Renovations in St. Petersburg total $152 million

90-Bed Patient Tower — Photo courtesy of St. Anthony’s Hospital: The new St. Anthony’s Hospital patient tower, which has 90 all-private patient rooms, is scheduled to open in early May.

As St. Anthony’s Hospital is in the midst of marking 90 years of providing quality care to the residents of South Pinellas County, BayCare is proud to announce the opening of a new 90-bed patient tower at the hospital to continue its commitment to improve health care delivery in the community.

The new six-floor tower features all-private patient rooms, similar to the addition of the Franciscan Tower which opened on the campus in 2012. The St. Anthony’s expansion, which began in 2020, will add approximately 143,000 square feet to the hospital’s campus. The hospital is now licensed for 448 beds.

The completion of the tower also will mark the return of the main entrance for the hospital to a site off Seventh Avenue N. And that main entrance includes a covered drop-off area for weatherproof convenience.

The tower project is part of a multi-year expansion, renovation and relocation plan of hospital services.

“The patient tower will enable us to meet the growing health care needs of the community we serve for many years to come,” St. Anthony’s President Scott Smith said. “Through this project, we also have improved access to care and enhanced the patient experience by adding more private rooms. We wanted to provide a warm environment for our patients and visitors.”

Although the tower broke ground just as the COVID-19 pandemic was beginning, the project was able to stay on schedule. “We are grateful to the construction team which followed the safety protocols established by BayCare and St. Anthony’s,” Smith said. “By keeping the project on schedule, continues our commitment to provide expanded services to our growing community.”

All patient rooms are spacious and include a sleeper sofa to keep guests comfortable when visiting their family and friends. The rooms include works from local artists that provide a calm and warm feeling. All tubes are kept behind the headwall so that the room feels more like home than a hospital.

The project includes expansion, renovation and relocation of hospital services such as:
• Non-invasive Cardiology
• Cafeteria and Kitchen (moved from the ground floor to the first floor for better visitor access)
• Inpatient Dialysis
• Pre-admission testing for surgical patients
• New classrooms for education
• New electrical plant
• Expanded loading dock
• Three additional surgical suites

St. Anthony’s will relocate patient units and services into the new building on a rotating schedule in the upcoming weeks, then renovations will begin in those vacated spaces. More construction is planned near the hospital’s emergency center during the remainder of the year.

The architect is Gresham, Smith & Partners, Tampa and the contractor is Robins & Morton, Orlando.

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