Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital — Wesley Chapel

Pediatric care in fast-growing Pasco County is getting its own hospital. Johns Hopkins All Children’s is building a five-story, 239,000-square-foot facility in Wesley Chapel, Florida, north of Tampa, and the building topped out in the spring of 2026.

Project Scope

HKS is the architect and Robins & Morton is the general contractor. The hospital will open with 56 inpatient beds, a 16-room emergency center built specifically for children, and a 12-bed inpatient rehabilitation unit. It extends the St. Petersburg-based system’s reach into one of the state’s fastest-growing suburban corridors, where families have had to drive well outside the county for specialized pediatric care. The design leaves room to add capacity as the surrounding population keeps climbing.

Why It Matters

Pediatric hospital construction runs on different math than adult acute care. The patient mix is specialized, the volumes are thinner, and the case for a standalone children’s facility rests on a region growing fast enough to support it. Pasco County clears that bar. Building a dedicated children’s emergency center, rather than a pediatric wing inside a general ER, is the tell the system expects sustained demand. For the trades, it’s the kind of steady healthcare work that has held up while offices and warehouses slumped. Healthcare has been one of the few nonresidential segments still adding square footage through 2026, and projects like this are why.

Project Team & Details