Planners okay medical building for Wesley Chapel, FL, hospital

Planners have approved plans for a medical office building to be part of Wesley Chapel, FL's first hospital. The 90,000-square-foot building will be part of a three-building medical complex that will include a hospital. Hospital officials expect to start construction on the site next year, if all goes as planned. The proposed hospital is a joint venture between Adventist Health System and University Community Hospital. The two companies won state permission to build the hospital despite a challenge from Pinellas-based Baycare.