Memorial Hermann Breaks Ground on $650M Texas Medical Center Renovation, Expansion Project

HOUSTON, Texas — Memorial Hermann recently broke ground on the $650-million expansion and renovation of its Texas Medical Center Campus. As the Houston region’s only full-service health system, this expansion will enable Memorial Hermann to stay ahead of the fast-growing advances in medicine, keep pace with the extraordinary growth of the city and, most importantly, meet the health needs of the community for years to come.

The expansion and renovation project began in fall 2014 and is expected to be completed in 2019. Highlighting the project will be the construction of a new patient care building and an additional building that will include parking and infrastructure capabilities to support the new growth.

Founded in 1925 as the first hospital in the Texas Medical Center, the original facility was only 200,000 square feet. Today, Memorial Hermann’s flagship hospital encompasses more than 2.5 million square feet. With this expansion, the campus will grow to 3.84 million square feet and will provide 160 additional beds (plus 71 replacement beds), 24 operating rooms (19 replacement and five new), 16 additional emergency room bays, 750 new parking spaces and a 335-seat café.

The 15-story patient care tower will also house the Memorial Hermann Texas Trauma Institute and Memorial Hermann Life Flight, including the John S. Dunn Helistop and the dispatch center, as well as the John S. Dunn Burn Center – the only comprehensive burn center in Houston verified by the American Burn Association – which will expand to 20 beds. In addition, seven shelled floors and six shelled operating rooms will be constructed to accommodate future growth with the potential of adding 264 beds.

Memorial Hermann is investing significant resources into this expansion and renovation project but is also seeking the partnership of the philanthropic community to assist in these efforts. Associated with its $200-million philanthropic campaign to support this effort. The campaign includes $150 million for renovation and expansion, with the additional $50 million earmarked for programmatic needs associated with the Texas Trauma Institute.

Broaddus & Associates is the project manager; Balfour Beatty is the construction manager and the architect is WHR Architects.

Source: Memorial Hermann Health System.