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UTHealth breaks ground on $299M research tower in Texas Medical Center's Helix Park

By Jeff Jeffrey – Senior reporter, Houston Business Journal
Jun 27, 2023

The UTHealth Houston School of Public Health has broken ground on a $299 million research facility in the Texas Medical Center’s new Helix Park campus.

UTHealth said the 10-story, 350,000-square-foot tower will help to advance the school's mission of pursuing health promotion and disease prevention, creating sustainable access to affordable health care and training the next generation of leaders in public health sciences.

The building will house research laboratories with distance-learning technology, an auditorium, a teaching kitchen for dietetic interns, collaborative spaces, and classrooms focusing on epidemiology, genetics, nutrition, health policy, data science and health promotion.

“This new state-of-the-art facility will serve as a platform for our students, faculty and staff — allowing them to transform the lives and health of our communities through public health education and research,” Giuseppe Colasurdo, president of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, said in a statement.

The building was designed with an emphasis on sustainability, UTHealth said. The tower will have systems for rainwater harvesting for irrigation, increased natural light, green spaces, a holistic teaching garden and building automation programming. Employees will also have access to an upper-level terrace.

UTHealth tapped Houston-based Kirksey Architecture to design the project in collaboration with Detroit, Michigan-based SmithGroup. Houston-based Vaughn Construction is serving as general contractor for the project.

The new facility is scheduled to open in time for the fall semester in 2026.

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Construction trailers have been moved on site as of the end of July. Fencing has now gone up and some small equipment is now on scene as of a few days ago.