Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health System quietly placed one of its hospitals that was severely damaged last year by Hurricane Irma on sale for $2.5 million, according to The Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Ormond Beach-based Florida Hospital Oceanside, which is part of Orlando-based Florida Hospital, has remained closed since September 2017 after sustaining significant wind and water damage from Hurricane Irma.
The hospital was placed up for sale Oct. 19.
News of the 80-bed hospital's sale came as a surprise to Ormond Beach city officials, as Florida Hospital officials said in August they intended to demolish the hospital and replace it with a physical rehabilitation center, pharmacy and physicians' offices, the report states.
Ed Noseworthy, president and CEO of Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center in Daytona Beach, told the publication the health system is seeking to sell all of the hospital's property, but will consider selling portions of it to interested parties.
"If someone wants the entire thing, we'll sell it," Mr. Noseworthy told the publication Oct. 22. "If someone only wants part of it, we may choose to redevelop the remainder. That would be an option for us."
If the property were sold, Mr. Noseworthy said Florida Hospital would search for another beachside property in Ormond Beach to build an outpatient facility.
Mr. Noseworthy said the Ormond Beach facility was initially constructed as a hotel in the 1960s that was later converted into a medical facility. Florida Hospital took over the property in October 2000, the report states.
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