The Brevard County Planning and Zoning Board this week, unanimously approved zoning changes and variances that now will let Health First build a new hospital and “wellness village” on Merritt Island. Health First’s proposal now goes to the Brevard County Commission for a potential final vote on May 26th. It involves a 7-story, 120-bed hospital with an adjoining medical office building and “wellness village” on a slightly more than 15-acre site, across State Road 520 from Merritt Square Mall. When finished, it will replace the 6-story, 150-bed Cape Canaveral Hospital off State Road 520 in Cocoa Beach, which will close its doors when the new hospital opens.