VENICE – The Venice Town Planning Commission will examine the site and the development plan of a offer a rehabilitation hospital with 42 beds which would be operated by Post Acute Medical, just south of the new Sarasota Memorial Hospital Venice campus.
The proposed five-acre campus would house a 48,600 square foot facility and include a therapeutic garden. The entrance would be off Curry Lane, which is on the east side of Pinebrook Road, just south of the Sarasota Memorial Hospital Venice Campus
The proposed PAM rehabilitation hospital in Venice would be the first of its kind opened in the state of Florida by Post Acute Medical in Enola, Pa.
Post Acute also operates the PAM Specialty Hospital in Sarasota at 6150 Edgelake Drive, Sarasota, north of Bee Ridge Road and east of Interstate 75.
The inauguration of the rehabilitation hospital is slated for the third quarter of this year and completion is expected by the end of 2022.
The Venice facility would also offer outpatient rehabilitation services.
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Sarasota Memorial’s 365,000-square-foot full-service hospital is slated to open by the end of this calendar year, with construction slated for late 2022.
The proposed rehabilitation hospital is immediately east of a medical complex project which would be located on an adjacent 10 acre property owned by Casto Southeast Realty.
At least two other medical office buildings are targeted for separate plots in Sarasota County, on the north side of Laurel Road, west of the hospital.
The planning committee meets at 1:30 p.m. in the City Council Chamber of Venice City Hall, 401 W. Venice Ave., Venice.
The public hearing on the site and the development plan is the first item on the agenda, after approval of the minutes.
Some members of the town planning committee can participate via Zoom.
The meeting will also be simultaneously broadcast live on the City’s website and via Zoom.
You can listen to the meeting by phone by dialing 1-929-205-6099 and when the meeting ID is requested, enter 856 0118 4333 then press the # key.
It can be viewed online at https://venice.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx. Click on “In progress” on the far right of the Town Planning Commission meeting on that date.
Public comment can be provided in writing to [email protected] or by regular mail to City Clerk Lori Stelzer, 401 W. Venice Avenue, Venice, FL 34285.
Provide your full name and home address and, if you are a city business owner, provide the business name and address.
All comments received by noon on June 1 will be distributed to Planning Committee members and appropriate staff prior to the start of the meeting.
For Zoom, the meeting link https://us02web.zoom.us/w/85601184333 or on a Zoom application with the ID 856 0118 4333.
To request a virtual speaking, you must complete the Request to speak form, available at the address http://venicefl.formstack.com/forms/requesttospeak.
You must complete all required information or the form cannot be submitted.
Those in attendance in person can fill out a speaker card at the meeting, though the city still encourages virtual participation due to COVID-19 social distancing.
For more information or for assistance with questions for public comment, contact Lori Stelzer, City Clerk, [email protected] or 941-882-7390. For questions about connecting to the meeting: Christophe St. Luce, Chief Information Officer, [email protected] or 941-882-7425.
Earle Kimel primarily covers southern Sarasota County for the Herald-Tribune and can be contacted at [email protected]. Support local journalism with a digital subscription to the Herald-Tribune.
