UHealth to expand presence in Downtown Doral

By Erik Bojnansky for South Florida Business Journal

The University of Miami Health System (UHealth) has inked a lease deal with Codina Partners that will expand its presence in Downtown Doral.

Under the newly closed lease deal, UHealth will occupy 11,243 square feet of commercial space within Downtown Doral’s upcoming 25,000-square-foot retail expansion at the intersection of N.W. 87th Avenue and N.W. 53rd Terrace. The expansion project is scheduled to break ground in this year’s second quarter 2025, which is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2026, a release from Codina Partners said.

The future UHealth wing will include comprehensive eye care from Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and physical therapy services.

“Expanding UHealth’s footprint in Downtown Doral aligns perfectly with our vision of creating a dynamic urban center where residents and visitors can conveniently access the best in health care, dining, shopping, and cultural experiences,” said Ana-Marie-Codina, CEO of Coral Gables-based Codina Partners.

The new lease enhances UHealth’s presence in Downtown Doral, a 250-acre phased development that includes 40 shops and restaurants, the 150,000-square-foot Offices at Downtown Doral, 5,000 residential units, two charter schools, and the Doral Government Center.

In November 2024, UHealth opened the UHealth Doral Medical Center in a six-story, 160,000-square-foot building owned by affiliates of Codina Partners at 8375 N.W. 53rd Terrace. The facility offers cancer care from the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, urology care from the Desai Sethi Urology Institute, cardiology, dermatology, gastroenterology, orthopedics, and ENT.

“Increasing our footprint at Downtown Doral allows us to deliver world-class specialty health care from our number one eye program in the country [Bascom Palmer] into the vibrant communities we serve,” said Dipen J. Parekh, chief operating officer at UHealth. “This furthers our mission to provide research-based, innovative care to more patients.”

Even before he was named president of the University of Miami, Joseph Echevarria has spearheaded UHealth’s expansion and improvement of its facilities throughout the tri-county area. Just this past December, UHealth opened a new 17,000-square-foot facility in Boca Raton.

Parekh told the Business Journal in 2022 that UHealth’s expansion was driven by demand from “the only true academic health system in South Florida.”

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