Baptist Hospital plans to announce later today that the healthcare system has bought OLF 8, where it will build a new campus next to Navy Federal Credit Union and near Baldwin County, Ala. – one of the nation’s fastest-growing metropolitan areas.
Hospital officials said the relocation will allow the hospital to provide patients with better access to care and improved services. They pledge to maintain a “significant presence” on Brent Lane and will dispel rumors that the move was being made because the hospital ran out of things to name for donors.
Mayor D.C. Reeves wasn’t enthused about having to go back to the Florida Legislature for funds to demolish the second Baptist Hospital campus in two years, but he called it a “twice in a lifetime opportunity” for the City of Pensacola.
The Waffle House on Nine Mile Road praised the move.
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Buc-ee’s Coming to Pensacola
Inweekly has received news that Pensacola will be getting its first Buc-ee’s store and fueling center at an undisclosed location on Brent Lane. The popular brand had been interested in OLF 8 but was outbid by Baptist Hospital
Mayor Reeves has carved out a part of the Baptist’s “new legacy” campus for Buc-ee’s and plans to bring development plans to the Pensacola City Council in May.
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Note: It’s April Fools’ Day.
