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Parkland: One Shovel-ful Closer
November 30, 2010
| Talk of being in a hospital and being in the ground could get morbid real fast. But we swear this is good news. Dirt started moving last month on the new $1.27B Parkland Hospital campus project at the NEC of Harry Hines Boulevard and Medical District Drive. | |
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| It was complete with ceremonial shovels wielded by donors Trevor Rees-Jones and Jan Rees-Jones, CEO Dr. Ron Anderson, environmental services tech Marlon Scott, former patients Frank Marino and Hayley Avery, and donor Serena Simmons-Connelly. Ron tells us the project includes an 862-bed hospital, outpatient clinics, and parking. The financing plan is a $747M combo of tax and revenue bonds—$350M from Parkland's current and future cash reserves and $150M in philanthropic dollars raised by Parkland Foundation. To date, the foundation has raised more than $90M toward the project. | |
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| The 2.5M SF campus will open in 2014. (We assume this is just a model, though Dr. J. Cricket insisted otherwise.) The new campus is currently the largest hospital construction project in the US. The construction manager at-risk is BARA (a JV of Balfour Beatty Construction, Austin Commercial, H.J. Russell & Co and Azteca Enterprises). HDR + Corgan will design the hospital and Cri+igen, formerly known as CH2M Hill, is providing project controls. Terracon Consultants is providing geotechnical services. Ron tells us to look for single-patient rooms, natural light, and more space for family and visitors: "It will be a “hospital of first choice, not of last resort.†| |
