AUSTIN, Texas — Seton Healthcare Family has received authorization from its parent company, Ascension Health, to construct a new teaching hospital to replace University Medical Center Brackenridge.
The facility will be owned and operated by Seton and will become the primary training facility for the Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin. Construction of the new hospital is expected to begin in 2014, with completion slated for 2017. HKS, Inc. was selected to be the lead architect for the project.