Tampa, FL (April 19, 2006) -- Bulldozers began leveling ground for the USF Health South Pavilion adjacent to Tampa General Hospital on April 18. The building is scheduled for completion Spring 2007.

The South Pavilion is the first of two new state-of-the-art facilities in the Centers for Advanced Healthcare; groundbreaking for USF Health North Pavilion on the USF Tampa campus is expected this summer. The Centers will also include the existing clinical facility (USF Medical Clinic) on main campus.

The new South Pavilion will be a 126,000-square-foot, $27-million medical office building adding new service lines, diagnostic imaging, and other diagnostic procedures. The North Pavilion will be a six-story, 196,000-square-foot building including outpatient operating rooms, endoscopy suites, diagnostic imaging, basic clinical office space, a pharmacy, food services, and a patient education library. 

The total CAHC project, estimated at $100 million for the South and North Pavilions, will include $15 million of information technology to create better, safer care based on service.