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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas
Big news from UT.
UT regents expected to OK $334.5 million plan for med school
$334.5 million project
4 building complex
515,000 square feet of space in 3 buildings: an academic building, medical office building, and research building.
480,000 square foot teaching hospital.
New $250 million teaching hospital would replace University Medical Center Brackenridge.
The medical office building could be a joint venture with a private developer.
At least two parking garages would have 1,000 spaces.
Opening fall 2016.
Red River would need to be realigned "straightened" north of 15th Street. UT would pay for it.
Plans call for keeping the Erwin Center for now, but it would be moved in 6 to 15 years as the medical school grows.
The draft plan calls for future growth of a 120 bed psychiatric hospital and a cancer center. There could also be another medical office building and more parking garages. There could also be more academic and research buildings. |
Horible plan. Horrible. Total Sub-urban Campus thinking. Tear down the basketball pratice facility and remove it instead of a PARK!!!!!!! Go vertiacl with all that shit on that huge piece of land right accross from Brack. ( or is it in a CVC?)
Also, I think it's absolutely CRAZY to re-align Red River. Lets create even more traffic issues. It's one of only 3 (?) NW corridors we have bet 35 and Mopac.
I hope the city says no to the re-alignment and fights the plan to kill the greeen space that feeds into the park to the south.
Such incredible Institutional Narcissim on the part of UT once again.
Argh.