Locations and Directions
SCF Lakewood Ranch Campus
Lakewood Ranch Campus
Address: 7131 Professional Pkwy, Sarasota, FL 34240
Phone: 941-363-7000
Directions: I-75 to Exit 213 (University Pkwy.), head east on University Pkwy. to Business Blvd. Turn right (south) on Business Blvd. to Professional Pkwy. Turn left on Professional Pkwy. SCF Lakewood Ranch is on the left.
Get Directions10-Acres Nestled in the Heart of Lakewood Ranch Corporate Park
Our 10-acre site in Lakewood Ranch Corporate Park borders Sarasota and Manatee counties with easy access off I-75. Both credit and noncredit classes are taught here. Varying student services are available at this location.
The 30,000 sq. ft. Center for Innovation & Technology offers flexible meeting rooms and technology-equipped classrooms that make it popular as a training and seminar site for businesses and nonprofit organizations.
The two-story, 42,000 sq. ft. building houses nursing, other health professions, education and SCF”s new Energy Technology Management Program. The center is SCF’s first green certified building and achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification.
Center for Innovation and Technology
Located in the fast-growing Lakewood Ranch Corporate Park, the SCF Lakewood Ranch Center for Innovation and Technology (CIT) houses noncredit and credit classes in a professional, state-of-the-art building designed with business in mind. Flexible rooms, a variety of room designs and a catering kitchen add to the Center’s ability to serve training needs in the Manatee-Sarasota area. Regional and statewide meetings also have been held at the CIT.
The building opened in January 2003 and over the years has served thousands in credit and continuing education classed and events. The building includes:
- 156 seat auditorium
- Computer Laboratories with SMART boards at the instructor’s station
- LCD projectors mounted in every classroom
- Catering kitchen
- 15 classrooms
- Wi-fi available in throughout the building
- Executive conference room
- Teleconferencing capabilities
- Flexible instructional settings
- Administrative offices for Corporate & Community Development
- Resources and services for new or existing businesses through the Small Business Development Center
- Testing center for high stakes testing
Medical Technology & Simulation Center
The Medical Technology & Simulation Center at SCF Lakewood Ranch opened for Fall 2010 classes. The two-story, 42,000 sq. ft. building houses nursing, other health professions, education and SCF”s new Energy Technology Management Program. The center is SCF’s first green certified building and achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification.
A 1,600-square-foot chiller plant uses a Thermal Energy Storage system to provide air conditioning for the campus during peak times and conserve energy and a water condensate recovery system to conserve water.
Important features in this building include the nursing skills lab, nursing assessment lab and Intensive Care Unit lab with state-of-the-art technology including patient simulators, electronic medical records, drug recognition system and medication-dispensing devices.
Located next to the existing Center for Innovation and Technology, the MTS Center is the second building at the College’s Lakewood Ranch location. Long-range plans for the 10-acre campus call for a third classroom and laboratory building, a multi-story parking garage and a courtyard.