Criswell Center update. Photo by TexasStar on 15Jan06:
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One Arts Plaza update from a little ways away by TexasStar, 15Jan06:
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Omni Hotel Fort Worth (Convention Center) has a rendering now:
(~500 ft. / 38 st. | 608 rooms + 97 condominiums)
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Dallas Market Center expansion news:
http://www.dallasmarketcenter.com/dm...id=11&p_id=160
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6-story South Tower coming up for Arlington Memorial Hospital (2 articles, the latter is one that links further to more Hospital news in North Texas) :
AMH Readies for Largest Expansion in Its 47-year History
12/14/2005
Arlington Memorial Hospital announced plans today for a $76 million surgical tower – the largest one-time construction in the facility's 47-year history; work is set to begin in early 2006.
Visit: http://www.texashealth.org/hospitals...C0EA292F400B84
ARLINGTON, Texas – Arlington Memorial Hospital (AMH), the hub of community health care in the Arlington-Mansfield-Grand Prairie area, is expanding to meet the increasing health care needs of the growing communities around it. Representatives from the hospital and its parent organization, Arlington-based Texas Health Resources (THR), announced plans today for a $76 million surgical tower – the largest one-time construction in the facility's 47-year history.
“This is the next great step for Arlington Memorial,” said Oscar L. Amparan, president of the hospital and executive vice president of Texas Health Resources. “The city of Arlington and the surrounding communities have counted on Arlington Memorial for almost half a century. Arlington Memorial and THR are committed to providing patients and their physicians with facilities, technologies and services that are advanced, convenient, comfortable and family-friendly.” Amparan was appointed president of AMH in June.
The new six-story surgical tower, approved by both the AMH and THR Boards of Trustees, will increase the hospital's size by more than 200,000 square feet, adding 16 operating rooms for inpatient and day surgery, plus 48 private patient rooms. Groundbreaking for the tower is scheduled for Feb. 9, with completion expected in September 2007.
Texas Health Resources President and CEO Doug Hawthorne said the expansion, which is part of an overall 10-year, $1.5 billion growth plan for the 13-hospital system, follows THR's mission to improve the health of the people in the communities it serves.
“There is a direct correlation between the health of people in a community and their access to care,” Hawthorne said. “We believe it is essential to provide access to advanced care near where people live and work. This much-needed expansion will enable Arlington Memorial to continue to be the center of health care in the community.”
Arlington Memorial's central Arlington location positions it as the nexus for health care services to the communities of Arlington, Grand Prairie and Mansfield. These three communities have experienced significant population growth during the past few years, and Arlington Memorial is stepping up to the challenge of supporting the needs of this fast-growing and diverse population, Amparan said.
“These additions of new operating rooms, private patient rooms and new technology are exciting news for the community and our medical staff,” said Dr. Stephen Lenhoff, chief of the medical staff at AMH. “We will be able to offer our patients some of the most advanced procedures available in this region.”
Amparan thanked the hospital's partners for supporting the new project.
“The strength of the Texas Health Resources system, the ongoing generosity of community-minded donors and Arlington Memorial's long-established relationships with physicians make this expansion possible,” Amparan added.
Contractors for the project include architectural firms HKS for the new construction and LBL, which will work with HKS on the renovation aspects of the project. The construction company is Centex.
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North Texas hot in hospital construction
07:01 PM CST on Saturday, January 21, 2006
By BOB MOOS / The Dallas Morning News
Visit: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont...m.237df53.html
Older hospitals sometimes have to be rebuilt so they can accommodate the newest medical technology.
Forty-seven-year-old Arlington Memorial Hospital is building a $76 million tower to replace its operating rooms with state-of-the-art surgical suites.
Even though Texas doesn't require a certificate of need, area hospitals have become skilled at identifying market niches that need filling, Ms. Standefer said.
Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth announced plans last month for a women's hospital to alleviate a shortage of obstetrical services in Tarrant County.
The hospital will also offer gynecological surgery, an intensive care unit for premature and low-birth-weight babies, a breast center and a sexual dysfunction clinic.
"Pulling together women's health care services and providing them all under one roof has great appeal," Mr. Hilsabeck said.
More at link regarding the topic 'North Texas hot in hospital construction'. . .
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Richardson news:
$34M Transit-Oriented Development Will Rise in Galatyn Park
By Connie Gore
Last updated: January 20, 2006 09:00am
http://www.globest.com/cgi-bin/udt/i...tory_id=142160
RICHARDSON, TX-With the land deal set to close in the summer, Legacy Partners Residential Development Inc. has unveiled a $34-million plan to develop 278 units in a mixed-use mid-rise at the doorstep to the light-rail station in Galatyn Park. The news ends a four-year wait for a residential developer to take the lead in the city's 500-acre centerpiece.
Spencer Stuart Jr., senior vice president and Texas partner for the Foster City, CA-based Legacy, has sealed the deal after seven months of talks with the Hunt family, city officials and Galatyn Park Corp., the land's caretaker. Designed by Humphreys & Partners Architects LP in Dallas, the four-story "Venue" will include about 7,000 sf of street-level retail and a four-story parking garage.
In sync with the Venue's construction is a plan to extend Plaza Drive to Galatyn Parkway,
opening up another eight acres for high-density development in front of a Dallas Area Rapid Transit station. The street bisects a $5-million plaza flanked by mid-rise office buildings, a hotel and the Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts and events.
"What we hope to do is continue this partnership and try to do other projects within Galatyn Park as this one becomes successful," Stuart tells GlobeSt.com. Galatyn Park's land bank, supported by two light-rail stations, has 450 untapped acres, including additional tracts for residential build-out.
About a dozen transit-oriented developments have sprung up around DART stations in recent years. Another dozen developments, plus or minus, are on the drawing board, with plans well under way in Farmers Branch and Carrollton, says Doug Allen, DART's executive vice president. "They're learning from Richardson," he says.
Stuart says it's uncertain at this time if the Venue will be held long term or sold after it's stabilized. Also to be determined is whether or not to outsource retail leasing. The retail space is earmarked for restaurants and boutique-type shops. As for the units, they will start to deliver about 14 months into the 18-month construction cycle, according to Stuart. The one- and two-bedroom rental units will average 950 sf, with a projected average rent of $1.30 per sf.
The two-year-old events center was the last ground-up construction in the plaza, but there's been some retooling of surrounding office space since the Calabasas, CA-based Countrywide Financial Corp. came to town in late 2004 with a plan for a $200-million campus seeded by 496,480 sf of existing space, an option on another 282,000-sf structure and 16.7 acres primed for development. "Countrywide moving in here has really created momentum," says Donald A. Dillard, vice president of the Galatyn Park Corp.
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Grapevine news (4 12-st towers) :
High-rise condos win approval
By ELLENA F. MORRISON
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER
Posted on Wed, Jan. 18, 2006
Views of a shimmering Lake Grapevine will greet residents of the city's first high-rise condominiums -- the Lofts of Grapevine -- from as low as the fourth floor, project officials told the City Council on Tuesday night.
"Not if we don't get some rain," joked Councilwoman Sharron Spencer.
With 12 stories of condos stacked on top of two levels of parking, residents will also be able to view three golf courses and the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center on Lake Grapevine. They won't have to go far to shop, either. Grapevine Mills mall is within walking distance.
"Just the overall setting, the incredible views, it really all plays into what we are trying to create," said Jon Koster of Links Equities, the project's development company.
The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the project, which was also approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
The complex's 370 homes will be divided among four towers. All four towers are expected to be completed in six or seven years, project officials said. Work will include a hike-and-bike trail.
Hardwood floors, 11-foot ceilings, 1,790 square feet, parking and other amenities will cost a buyer an average of $453,071. Construction on the project, at 2301 N. Grapevine Mills Blvd., could begin late this year, but sales could start as soon as mid-February.
"The charm of your city will really be an incredible draw," Koster said.
"Just the overall setting, the incredible views, it really all plays into what we are trying to create."