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Dallas Medical District to expand by 3.8 million square feet, 10-12-10
I shot this panaromic of the Dallas Medical District on the afternoon of 10-12-10.
The Dallas Medical District is a world class medical research, education and hospital district located a mere 3.5 miles north of the Downtown Dallas Financial Distict. The Dallas Medical District is also known as the University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center at Dallas.
Two new huge hospital construction projects in the Dallas Medical District are just starting up - a new 2.5 million square foot Parkland Hospital complex and a new 1.3 million square foot University Hospital complex (neither shown in this photo since construction is just now starting).
Together these two new substantial hospital projects will add 3.8 million square feet of additional state-of-the-art medical facilities to the burgeoning Dallas Medical District very close to Downtown Dallas at an investment of $2.1 billion dollars in new development!
A 2.5 million square foot building for Parkland Hospital is equivalent to a 118 story skyscraper!!!!
However, the new Parkland Hospital complex will be more mid-rise in height at 17 stories at its tallest but spread over a significantly larger footprint.
The new hospital complex is being constructed on 26 acres across Harry Hines Boulevard from where the existing Parkland Hospital sets today and just south of Inwood Road. The project cost is $1.27 billion dollars.
A new massive 6,000 car parking garage is also being constructed as part of the complex.
The Dallas Medical District is the ONLY medical district in the nation with five Nobel Laureates in Medicine, with four on staff concurrently! No other medical center in Texas or the nation has this esteemed distinction.
The Dallas Medical District is a 231 acre campus in the City of Dallas incorporating three degree granting institutions made up of the UT Southwestern Medical School, UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and UT Southwestern School of Health Professions. Five affiliated hospitals are co-located in the Medical District: Parkland Memorial Hospital, Children’s Medical Center, University Medical Centre Brackenridge, Zale Lipshy University Hospital, and St. Paul University Hospital, as well as the Aston Ambulatory Care Center.
The three degree granting UTSW medical schools train 4,400 medical, graduate and health profession students, residents and postdoctoral fellows each year.
UTSW’s research faculty includes 18 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 18 members of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, 14 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 13 members of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 58 specialists listed in "Best Doctors in America", more than 230 specialists listed in "Best Doctors in America: Central Region", and the highest pinnacle of excellence in the form of four Nobel Laureates.
According to U.S. News and World Report, UTSW Medical School is the top medical school in Texas for research and second in primary care.
The positive financial impact of the Dallas Medical District is substantial, resulting in multi-billions in economic activity for Dallas each year. Each dollar spent by UT Southwestern generates an additional $2.14 for the Dallas economy. Its total expenditures of $1.5 billion in Fiscal Year 2008 (September 2007-August 2008) created more than $4.56 billion in business activity for the local and regional economies (this figure is for the UTSW associated hospitals).
For every UT Southwestern employee, three additional jobs are created in the economy. With 10,333 employees at the beginning of 2009, UTSW was responsible for 41,332 jobs in the local Dallas economy (this figure is for the UTSW associated hospitals).
Here is a newly released (as of 11-23-10) fantastic video of the new Parkland Hospital, along with its new Dallas Area Rapid Transit rail station which is already constructed and ready to serve the new Parkland Hospital when it opens. View the video in 720p HD and full screen and you will feel as if you are literally there:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=euRMGpsyDms
A photo album reflecting images of this significant, state-of-the-art, new Parkland Hospital in the Dallas Medical District can be seen here:
img220.imageshack.us/g/dallasmedicaldistrictsh.jpg/
An article from 01-27-10 discussing the project:
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/storie...
Groundbreaking for the huge new complex was held on 10-28-10:
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/storie...
A discussion of Parkland's bold new design from 10-28-10:
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/performingarts/s...
Photos will be added in the near future for the new very large University Hospital addition to the Dallas Medical District that will have 1.3 million square feet in a 12 story building.
Here is an article from 02-17-10 that discusses plans for the new University Hospital:
www.dallas-ecodev.org/blog/post/93
And this article from 08-13-10 announces the approval of $800 million dollars to build the new 1.3 million square foot University Hospital's 12 story teaching hospital on 32 acres on Harry Hines Boulevard on the north side of Inwood Road:
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-UTSou...
An additional significant medical district that is within the shadows of Downtown Dallas' skyscrapers is the huge multi city block Baylor Medical District, just to the east of Downtown.
Baylor Medical District has expanded dramatically over the last few years by adding a dedicated heart hospital tower and a dedicated cancer hospital tower to complement the numerous existing medical towers in the district.
Numerous medical professional buildings surround the core Baylor Hospital complex stretching over several city blocks with additional professional buildings having also been constructed over the last few years.
A photo album reflecting images of a small portion of the Baylor Medical District can be seen here:
imageshack.us/g/714/pa060050is.jpg/
A photo album reflecting images of the new dedicated Baylor Medical District highrise cancer hospital can be seen here:
imageshack.us/g/715/newbaylorsammonscancerc.jpg/
Dallas has world class medical facilities that rank among the best of the best in the U.S. and the world.
Dallas Medical District to expand by 3.8 million square feet, 10-12-10
I shot this panaromic of the Dallas Medical District on the afternoon of 10-12-10.
The Dallas Medical District is a world class medical research, education and hospital district located a mere 3.5 miles north of the Downtown Dallas Financial Distict. The Dallas Medical District is also known as the University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) Medical Center at Dallas.
Two new huge hospital construction projects in the Dallas Medical District are just starting up - a new 2.5 million square foot Parkland Hospital complex and a new 1.3 million square foot University Hospital complex (neither shown in this photo since construction is just now starting).
Together these two new substantial hospital projects will add 3.8 million square feet of additional state-of-the-art medical facilities to the burgeoning Dallas Medical District very close to Downtown Dallas at an investment of $2.1 billion dollars in new development!
A 2.5 million square foot building for Parkland Hospital is equivalent to a 118 story skyscraper!!!!
However, the new Parkland Hospital complex will be more mid-rise in height at 17 stories at its tallest but spread over a significantly larger footprint.
The new hospital complex is being constructed on 26 acres across Harry Hines Boulevard from where the existing Parkland Hospital sets today and just south of Inwood Road. The project cost is $1.27 billion dollars.
A new massive 6,000 car parking garage is also being constructed as part of the complex.
The Dallas Medical District is the ONLY medical district in the nation with five Nobel Laureates in Medicine, with four on staff concurrently! No other medical center in Texas or the nation has this esteemed distinction.
The Dallas Medical District is a 231 acre campus in the City of Dallas incorporating three degree granting institutions made up of the UT Southwestern Medical School, UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and UT Southwestern School of Health Professions. Five affiliated hospitals are co-located in the Medical District: Parkland Memorial Hospital, Children’s Medical Center, University Medical Centre Brackenridge, Zale Lipshy University Hospital, and St. Paul University Hospital, as well as the Aston Ambulatory Care Center.
The three degree granting UTSW medical schools train 4,400 medical, graduate and health profession students, residents and postdoctoral fellows each year.
UTSW’s research faculty includes 18 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 18 members of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, 14 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 13 members of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 58 specialists listed in "Best Doctors in America", more than 230 specialists listed in "Best Doctors in America: Central Region", and the highest pinnacle of excellence in the form of four Nobel Laureates.
According to U.S. News and World Report, UTSW Medical School is the top medical school in Texas for research and second in primary care.
The positive financial impact of the Dallas Medical District is substantial, resulting in multi-billions in economic activity for Dallas each year. Each dollar spent by UT Southwestern generates an additional $2.14 for the Dallas economy. Its total expenditures of $1.5 billion in Fiscal Year 2008 (September 2007-August 2008) created more than $4.56 billion in business activity for the local and regional economies (this figure is for the UTSW associated hospitals).
For every UT Southwestern employee, three additional jobs are created in the economy. With 10,333 employees at the beginning of 2009, UTSW was responsible for 41,332 jobs in the local Dallas economy (this figure is for the UTSW associated hospitals).
Here is a newly released (as of 11-23-10) fantastic video of the new Parkland Hospital, along with its new Dallas Area Rapid Transit rail station which is already constructed and ready to serve the new Parkland Hospital when it opens. View the video in 720p HD and full screen and you will feel as if you are literally there:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=euRMGpsyDms
A photo album reflecting images of this significant, state-of-the-art, new Parkland Hospital in the Dallas Medical District can be seen here:
img220.imageshack.us/g/dallasmedicaldistrictsh.jpg/
An article from 01-27-10 discussing the project:
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/storie...
Groundbreaking for the huge new complex was held on 10-28-10:
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/storie...
A discussion of Parkland's bold new design from 10-28-10:
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/performingarts/s...
Photos will be added in the near future for the new very large University Hospital addition to the Dallas Medical District that will have 1.3 million square feet in a 12 story building.
Here is an article from 02-17-10 that discusses plans for the new University Hospital:
www.dallas-ecodev.org/blog/post/93
And this article from 08-13-10 announces the approval of $800 million dollars to build the new 1.3 million square foot University Hospital's 12 story teaching hospital on 32 acres on Harry Hines Boulevard on the north side of Inwood Road:
www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-UTSou...
An additional significant medical district that is within the shadows of Downtown Dallas' skyscrapers is the huge multi city block Baylor Medical District, just to the east of Downtown.
Baylor Medical District has expanded dramatically over the last few years by adding a dedicated heart hospital tower and a dedicated cancer hospital tower to complement the numerous existing medical towers in the district.
Numerous medical professional buildings surround the core Baylor Hospital complex stretching over several city blocks with additional professional buildings having also been constructed over the last few years.
A photo album reflecting images of a small portion of the Baylor Medical District can be seen here:
imageshack.us/g/714/pa060050is.jpg/
A photo album reflecting images of the new dedicated Baylor Medical District highrise cancer hospital can be seen here:
imageshack.us/g/715/newbaylorsammonscancerc.jpg/
Dallas has world class medical facilities that rank among the best of the best in the U.S. and the world.