Southeast Orthopedic Specialists has wrapped up a roughly $30 million, multiyear build-out of its St. Augustine clinic, turning the site into a larger hub for surgery and advanced imaging in St. Johns County and giving the practice a stronger launch pad into Northeast Florida.
The project, which rolled out in three construction phases starting in late 2023, brings a bigger footprint for orthopedic and spine care to a part of the region where demand for musculoskeletal treatment keeps climbing.
Project timeline and location
The expanded clinic sits at 45 Groover Loop, with the first phase opening to patients in January 2025, according to a company release from Southeast Orthopedic Specialists. The three-phase plan ultimately includes an imaging center and an ambulatory surgery center, with those services scheduled to come online in stages over the coming months, the practice said.
Clinical capacity and services
Once the campus is fully built out, it is expected to total about 37,000 square feet. Plans call for four operating rooms, 23 clinic exam rooms, two interventional pain suites, an interventional radiology suite and an MRI suite, with capacity to treat more than 26,000 patients a year. The build-out is also projected to support 10 to 12 physicians and another 10 to 14 advanced care providers, Jax Daily Record reported.
A $30M bet on Northeast Florida
Jacksonville Business Journal reporting pegs the total investment for the multiyear St. Augustine expansion at about $30,000,000. The outlet notes that Southeast Orthopedic Specialists is using the upgraded site as a springboard into additional Northeast Florida markets, framing the completion as the latest move in the group’s broader regional growth strategy.
Why it matters locally
The expansion lands at a moment when other orthopedic providers around the region have been reshuffling operations, opening up space for both patients and staff and tightening the race for specialty care.
County permitting records and trade coverage show the St. Augustine clinic recently secured a roughly $1.8 million interior permit tied to an MRI build-out and list Batson-Cook as the contractor, according to CareerSource NEFL and industry reporting from Becker's Spine Review.
“It’s exciting to see the first phase of this project come to completion,” CEO Donnie Romine said in a company statement posted by Southeast Orthopedic Specialists. The practice says the new campus is designed to let more Northeast Florida patients get imaging, surgery and rehab services in one place as demand continues to grow.
