Houston Chronicle by Todd Ackerman and Nancy Sarnoff Feb. 20, 2020
Texas A&M to build $550 million complex in Texas Medical Center
The Texas A&M University System on Thursday will announce plans to build a $550 million complex in the Texas Medical Center, its most ambitious attempt yet to establish a significant presence in the elite Houston hub of health institutions.
The complex will occupy 5.5 acres at the southern border of the main medical center campus and comprise an 18-story academic building for the specialized engineering medicine program on which Texas A&M and Houston Methodist are partnering; a 19-story student housing building; and a 30-story medical office building. All three will tout the A&M logo.
“This represents a major commitment by A&M to put its maroon stake in the ground and became a major player in the Texas Medical Center, to be in the middle of all that health science center activity,†said Greg Hartman, the Texas A&M system’s vice chancellor for strategic initiatives. “If you want to be a major health care player in this area, you’ve got to be in the Texas Medical Center.â€
The project follows A&M’s 2018 commitment to build a research building as part of a mammoth Texas Medical Center campus known as TMC³. That project, which is aimed at biomedical innovation, will unite Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, MD Anderson Cancer Center and Texas A&M in a rare TMC multi-institutional venture, to be located at Brays Bayou and Old Spanish Trail outside the main medical center campus.
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