ANF Group, Inc. just broke ground, October 5, 2009, on what will be one of their most significant and prestigious projects to date, the new Joe DiMaggio Childrens Hospital. Just as the visionaries of this free standing, world-class healthcare facility would agree, building the new Childrens Hospital is a dream that has taken many years and much heart and hard work to fulfill. The same can be said about ANF Groups vision that began for the Fernandez family nearly 28 years ago.
The Fernandez family began developing Real Estate in the City of Hollywood in 1981. In February of that year Alberto E. Fernandez in an effort to start a business in which his family could participate, broke ground on his first commercial project. Now operated by Alberto Fernandez, Jr., Nelson Fernandez and Alberto Gil, ANF Group is still a family operated business that has developed a track record and reputation for delivering exceptional quality, price and value to any project they are involved with. Their ability to identify the needs of the client and get the job done, no matter how delicate the working conditions, continue to be contributing factors in their success. Though the company has successfully completed a wide variety of commercial projects and provided general contracting services to hundreds of clients, one of their most significant partnerships has been the Memorial Healthcare System. Since 1994 they have worked on over 150 projects valued at approximately $150,000,000.
Many of the ANF Team Members join the Principals of the Company (center) in the Ceremonial Ground Breaking. Photo credit: Gerlinde Photography/Michael Hopkins
ANF Group has become one of South Floridas most respected construction firms, not only for their professionalism, meticulous work and expertise but also for their involvement in the community. Just as Joe DiMaggio Childrens Hospital states on their website that their motto is “we treat your children like our own” ANF Group treats each project they take on in the same manner. They are “People You Trust”, trust to get the job done correctly; trust to be innovative and financially efficient and most importantly you can trust them to take a personal stake in the success of the project at hand. This is how ANF Group has continued to break barriers over the years. This personal stake they lend to their work extends beyond the construction site and into their community. Always quick to support and lend a helping hand to a worthy cause, their philanthropic involvement in the community is a big part of who ANF Group and the Fernandez family are. This is also what makes ANF Group and Joe DiMaggio Childrens Hospital a fantastic collaboration and an extraordinary achievement. Not only are Memorial Healthcare System and ANF Group coming together to build the most prominent Childrens Hospital in South Florida but both companies are finding ways to give back to the community to which they belong.
The new four-story Joe DiMaggio Childrens Hospital, located in Hollywood, Florida, is expected to open in late 2011. The Project will involve new construction of a 4-Story Childrens Hospital with Central Energy Plant. It will be connected to the existing childrens hospital facilities and Memorial Regional Hospital via an elevated walkway. Through careful examination, the leadership team at Memorial Healthcare System had the foresight, imagination, and creativity, to prepare for the population growth and needs of our community, well in advance of the construction of this new hospital. Since its inception in 1992, Joe DiMaggio Childrens Hospital has attracted nationally acclaimed physicians and has created the “Best Hospital for Pediatrics in Broward County since 1996.” With that, they now need a new, state of the art facility for their outstanding staff to offer the pediatric specialty care needed for the children of South Florida. With a new Pediatric Outpatient Oncology Services, Pediatric Operating Rooms, Pediatric Radiology, 24 Bed Pediatric Medical Surgical Unit, and 24 Bed Pediatric Oncology Unit, Memorial Healthcare System has prepared for the healthcare needs of our community for the next decade.
ANF Groups journey is a culmination of family, commitment to their community, integrity, trust and a good business ethic. Their philosophies will help them to improve in any market condition. They have built a legacy that will carry on through the next generation just as Joe DiMaggio Childrens Hospital has built a legacy that will also carry on for generations to come. The Principles at ANF Group and the team they have assembled continues to work hard to meet the needs of their community, progress with the expectations of the construction industry and produce the quality of work they have built their reputation on.
