Cleveland Clinic Indian River broke ground on an $18M ER expansion
Not to be confused with the Tradition expansion — Cleveland Clinic's Vero Beach hospital is in the middle of a roughly $18 million emergency department overhaul, helped by a $5.5M foundation grant.
Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital in Vero Beach held a groundbreaking and wall-demolition ceremony on January 12, 2026, marking the next phase of a roughly $18 million emergency department expansion.
The ED here handles about 55,000 visits a year, and it's showing the strain. Phase two adds a new 'Flex Care' area with 20 treatment spaces, due late 2026. Phase three brings expanded triage, eight more acute-care rooms, and a redesigned entrance and lobby.
A $5 million gift from the A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation helped fund the full scope of the project.
Worth being clear: this is the Vero Beach / Indian River campus — a different project from the Cleveland Clinic expansion happening down in Tradition. The health system is investing across the whole Treasure Coast at once.
For Indian River County residents, it means shorter ER waits and more capacity close to home — which matters more every year as the county keeps growing.