New floors will launch the hospital’s Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and add dozens of new beds while a new parking garage improves access with 661 spaces
Sept. 5, 2025 – HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital is just three months away from welcoming the first births in its new purpose-built Labor and Delivery expansion in the North Tower of its campus that has served the St. Lucie and Martin County communities with distinction for more than four decades.
This two-story investment strengthens the hospital’s ability to care for at-risk mothers and babies with the area’s newest NICU. It will open in December as Level II, offering advanced monitoring and support for premature babies.
“We’re proud to be a destination of choice for Women’s Care services on the Treasure Coast,” said Corey Lovelace, chief executive officer of HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital. “This investment underscores our commitment to providing the safest, most capable and most comfortable place to have a baby in our region, and we’re excited to deliver the highest quality of care for more families with this expansion.”
The new Women’s Care area will also feature eight deluxe Labor and Delivery rooms, two OB operating rooms and three OB emergency rooms, providing a spectrum of advanced care from admission to recovery and discharge. The new space is also being built with family support, comfort and caregiver connectivity in mind with parent sleep spaces, lounges and infrastructure to improve staff cohesion and efficiency.
“For our teams, Care Like Family is more than a motto, it’s how we approach each patient encounter. The layout of this floor, and the renovation of our existing Labor and Delivery space next year, will allow our teams to support and comfort mothers and babies better than ever before,” Lovelace said.
Below the fifth floor Women’s Care area will be dozens of new Medical/Surgical beds to provide more recovery for the hospital’s rapidly growing services. The new fourth floor of the North Tower will also feature a Graduate Medical Education workspace supporting the hospital’s two residency programs.
Just north of the hospital, work is rapidly progressing on the six-story parking garage that will provide 661 spaces for colleagues in early 2026, freeing up the most convenient spaces in the parking lots for patients and visitors. The garage will feature dedicated EV charging spaces and security features to provide a reliable, safe and more sustainable place to park for caregivers.
The expansion projects, including the newly opened HCA Florida Stuart Emergency at 2551 S. Kanner Hwy, Stuart, FL and the Tiffany Avenue Medical Park, across the street from the main hospital, providing offices for family practice, cardiology, pulmonary, vascular and orthopedics providers and their patients, represent a total of $179 million in capital projects to improve patient access to HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital’s caregivers and facilities since 2023.
For more information, visit https://www.hcafloridahealthcare.com/locations/st-lucie-hospital.
About HCA Florida Healthcare
HCA Florida Healthcare, a part of HCA Healthcare, is a family of more than 650 affiliated sites of care, including hospitals, physician practices, freestanding emergency rooms and urgent care centers. As one of the state’s leading healthcare networks, HCA Florida Healthcare’s 11,100 experienced doctors and more than 84,000 colleagues work together to deliver equitable, evidence-based collaborative care through more than 12 million patient encounters annually. HCA Florida Healthcare is committed to improving more lives in more ways and giving back to the communities it serves. In 2024, the network provided more than $1 billion in uncompensated care and contributed more than $3.7 million to community organizations across the state. In addition, HCA Florida Healthcare offers patients access to highly trained specialists, including the state’s most comprehensive cardiovascular network. A strong advocate for the next generation of healthcare professionals, HCA Florida Healthcare is a leader in training future healthcare professionals, offering 151 Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs at 27 different hospitals with more than 2,400 residents. For more information, please visit HCAFloridaHealthcare.com.