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UT MD Anderson announced two new facilities at its Texas Medical Center campus, totaling nearly 2 million square feet.
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The $3.4 billion expansion includes a 25-story, 1.4 million-square-foot patient tower and a 292,000-square-foot radiation oncology and imaging center.
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Prism is scheduled to open in 2030 and Inspiration Tower in 2032, according to the cancer center.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center announced plans Nov. 5 for two new facilities totaling nearly 2 million square feet at its Texas Medical Center campus in Houston.
The buildings, Inspiration Tower and Prism, represent a combined $3.4 billion investment.
The expansion includes a 1.4 million-square-foot patient-care tower and a separate center for radiation oncology and diagnostic imaging. The facilities are planned for the campus at Fannin Street and Holcombe Boulevard.
The announcement comes as US construction starts for Hospitals and Clinics are up 36.3% year-to-date through September, versus a year ago.
Inspiration Tower, shown in a rendering, is planned as a 25-story facility with up to 330 exam rooms, 184 short-stay beds, 162 ambulatory treatment stations, 56 imaging rooms, 24 operating rooms and 38 procedure rooms. MD Anderson said the Houston tower is anticipated to open in 2032. Image: UT MD Anderson
What MD Anderson Announced It is Building in Houston
MD Anderson said the facilities will expand capacity with disease-specific outpatient clinics in Inspiration Tower and a dedicated radiation oncology and diagnostic imaging hub in Prism.
Inspiration Tower is planned as a 25-story facility with up to 330 exam rooms, 184 short-stay beds, 162 ambulatory treatment stations, 56 imaging rooms, 24 operating rooms and 38 procedure rooms. MD Anderson said the tower is anticipated to open in 2032.
In its statement, UT MD Anderson said that "Inspiration Tower will be UT MD Anderson’s largest and most advanced patient care facility, and the largest cancer-focused clinical facility in the nation."
Prism will be a 292,000-square-foot facility connected to the tower by a skybridge. It is scheduled to open in 2030 and will include 18 radiation vaults, 12 MRI machines, four CT scanners and two PET-CT units, according to the institution.
Officials called Prism, "a next-generation hub for radiation oncology and diagnostic imaging," and said it would "account for nearly half of all linear accelerator activity in the Texas Medical Center." Medical linear accelerators are the devices used in radiation oncology to target tumors with precisely shaped beams.
Together, they are expected to care for nearly 250,000 patients annually.
A rendering of Prism, a 292,000-square-foot facility connected to the planned Inspiration Tower by a skybridge at UT MD Anderson Houston. It is scheduled to open in 2030 and will include 18 radiation vaults, 12 MRI machines, four CT scanners and two PET-CT units, according to the institution. Image: UT MD Anderson
Delivery Details Still to Come
The $3.4 billion investment includes funding from MD Anderson and the UT System alongside philanthropic support.
The announcement did not identify a construction start date or name an architect, construction manager or general contractor.
It also did not detail construction phasing or how work will be coordinated alongside the operating medical campus.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is a cancer-focused academic institution in Houston, Texas, combining patient care, research and professional education. Founded in 1941, it is part of the University of Texas System and is based in the Texas Medical Center. Its work includes clinical research and efforts to turn scientific discoveries into new approaches to cancer prevention and treatment.
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