Houston-area growth drives $850 million healthcare building boom

Healthcare providers are racing to keep up with the rising demand for services in the Houston/Montgomery County region of Texas


Healthcare providers are racing to keep up with the rising demand for services and collectively investing more than $850 million in facility construction and expansion in the Houston/Montgomery County region of Texas, according to an article on The Chron website.

Montgomery County's population jumped from 453,000 in 2010 to nearly 520,000 in 2014, according to U.S. Census Bureau data, and is expected to double to a million by 2035. 

Healthcare construction projects include:

• Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital is undergoing $42.4 million in expansion and renovations

• Houston Methodist Hospital System is investing $328 million in a 470,000-square-foot, 193-bed hospital in The Woodlands

• Texas Children's Hospital is building a $360-million, 548,000-square-foot facility in The Woodlands

• CHI St. Luke's Health is constructing a $120-million medical campus in Springwoods Village, just south of The Woodlands

The total investment in facility construction and expansion is $850.4 million, according to the article.

Read the article.

 

 



June 18, 2015


Topic Area: Project News for Healthcare Facilities


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