Plans are changing for a new hospital campus coming to Merritt Island.
Last summer, after a presentation from Health First, Brevard County commissioners unanimously gave their support to the $500 million project, reports ClickOrlando.
Then on Tuesday, declining to be interviewed about its financial state, Health First shared a statement citing inflation — higher prices for labor and construction — as a reason why the county’s largest employer will still relocate Cape Canaveral Hospital, but it will no longer build what Health First called a “wellness village.”
CEO of retail Matt Gerrell pitched the amenities of the wellness village to commissioners last July.
Health First said it’s also pausing plans to build wellness villages near its hospitals in Melbourne and Palm Bay. Read more.
