Baptist Health has closed its rotunda entrance as construction starts on its new emergency tower on Prudential Drive. | Baptist Health
Published on July 16, 2025 at 11:34 am
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Baptist Health Jacksonville’s rotunda entrance on Prudential Drive is permanently closed as of Wednesday, as the hospital begins work on its new four-story Emergency and Patient Care Tower.
The main entrance is now at the Borowy Family Critical Care Tower at Palm Avenue and Baptist Way.
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The emergency departments at Baptist Jacksonville and Wolfson Children’s Hospital remain open, with signs to help direct patients and visitors. Free parking is available in the hospital’s P2 garage on Palm Avenue and P3 garage on Prudential Drive.
The new hospital tower is being built in the center of the main Baptist and Wolfson Children’s Hospital campus. Its cost is estimated at $190 million.
The project will feature two distinctive emergency rooms, plus waiting areas and 100 emergency rooms in total. Plans also include three pediatric trauma rooms on the first floor.
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The design shows a 123,000-square-foot facility designed to expand the health system’s capacity to care for chest pain, stroke
More information about the hospital expansion can be found here.
