UNT Dallas To Build $100 Million Healthcare Education Building

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UNT Dallas just broke ground on a $100 STEM complex on its campus in southern Dallas in an effort to improve the healthcare workforce pipeline in North Texas.

The four-story facility will include 18-20 classrooms, nine biology and chemistry teaching labs, three research labs, and a large event venue. The plans include work areas, faculty offices, a student STEM center, a public green space, and a Joint Admission Medical Program space to provide resources for those considering medical school.

The sustainably-built building will provide space for pursuing healthcare careers such as medical, nursing, and pharmacy schools.

“When completed, this building will stand as the most consequential addition to the UNT Dallas main campus, bringing expanded opportunities for our current and future students to be trained for significant healthcare careers,” said Bob Mong, UNT Dallas president. “For employers, our graduates will help solve urgent healthcare shortages in our community. This is a win for our students, our industry partners, and the future of healthcare in North Texas.”

Construction is set to begin within the month on the Stantec and Harrison Kornberg-designed building, allowing students to take advantage of what is a growing industry with shortages at nearly every level. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says STEM-related healthcare positions pay more than average and are projected to grow nearly 11 percent in the next decade. According to the Health Resources & Services Administration, the US needs more than 17,000 additional primary care practitioners and 8,200 mental health practitioners.

“This is a tremendous day for UNT Dallas. I’m thankful and grateful,” said Betty Stewart, UNT Dallas provost. “This STEM building will be transformational to our campus.”

The growing campus is being built to empower and provide upward mobility to diverse learners, and the school’s population reflects that goal. According to Data USA, the enrolled student body is 47.6 percent Hispanic, 26.4 percent Black, 13.9 percent White, and 2.6 percent Asian. Nearly half (41.5 percent) of the UNT Dallas population are first-generation college students.

Healthcare shortages are more acute in communities of color. Black people constitute 13 percent of the US population but only 5.7 percent of physicians. An April 2023 study published in JAMA Network Open found that every 10 percent increase in Black primary care physicians in a county increased life expectancy by one month for Black patients. More Black physicians in a region also reduce the gap between life expectancy for White and Black Americans, which currently sits at six years nationwide.

The building is set to open in the spring of 2026.

 

Source: D CEO Magazine

Black Salmon, Allen Morris Launch $1B Mixed-Use Development To Include 500,000 SF Of Medical-Related Office Space

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Black Salmon and The Allen Morris Co. are teaming up to develop Highland Park Miami, a $1 billion mixed-use development that will span 7 acres and increase the footprint of the Miami Medical District by approximately 10 percent.

The partners made the announcement on Tuesday, Sept. 26, describing the project as one of Miami’s most significant developments in decades that will drive the economy and serve the city’s important health-care sector. Based in Miami, Black Salmon is a national commercial real estate investment with a large development pipeline in South Florida. The Allen Morris Co. is one of the largest real estate firms in the Southeast and has offices in Atlanta as well as Miami, Coral Gables and Orlando in Florida.

The multi-block, master-planned development will feature 500,000 square feet of medical-related office space, a 150-key hotel, 1,000 residential units, retail and restaurants. To create a walkable, landscaped lifestyle community, Highland Park Miami will include open walkways and greenery.

Highland Park Miami will be located at 800 NW 14th St., between the Miami River and Florida State Road 836, the key east-west artery which leads directly to Miami International Airport and nearly every major destination in the city’s core. The development will also be visible from I-95 and across from the Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami Health Complex.

A Multi-Phase Development

The developers still need city approval but expect to begin preliminary site clearing later this year for the multi-phase project that is expected to take years to build out. The first phase should see about 250,000 square feet of medical office space and up to 300 units of housing.

The developers will be able to substantially increase the density at Highland Park Miami because it is 400 feet from a Metrorail station and qualifies as a transit-oriented development. About six buildings will be constructed with heights up to 22 stories, according to The Real Deal, which also reported Black Salmon spent approximately $60 million acquiring land near the Metrorail for the expansive project.

Miami-based Arquitectonica, a globally recognized architecture firm, is the master planner and designer for the project. Arquitectonica is also the lead designer for a mixed-use development being built by a joint venture of Related Group and BH Group at 2999 NE 191st St. in Aventura, Fla., in metro Miami that will feature office and retail uses.

Oppenheim Architecture, a global firm with offices in Miami, New York and Switzerland, is designing the residential component at Highland Park Miami and Naturalficial, a Miami-based landscape architecture and design practice, is the landscape architect.

A Decade Of Planning

Led by Camilo Lopez, co-CEO & managing partner of Black Salmon, the team behind Highland Park Miami has been conceptualizing and planning the project for the past decade. Research included visiting major medical hubs in the U.S., including Houston and the Mayo Clinic Health District in Rochester, Minn., to learn more about the requirements for such a large undertaking that would expand what is already the second-largest health district in the U.S. Lopez said in prepared remarks the development should elevate Miami’s status as a premier health destination by adding state-of-the-art medical offices to support demand and new offerings for health-care professionals in a strategically designed and thoughtful setting.

Calling it a transformational project, W.A. Spencer Morris, president of The Allen Morris Co., said in a prepared statement the project will create a destination for the thousands of patients and employees at Jackson Memorial Hospital, the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, the Miami VA Healthcare System and the larger Medical District ecosystem.

 

Source: Commercial Property Executive

Orlando Health Announces Plans For $160 Million Children’s Pavilion

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Orlando Health is pleased to announce plans to build the region’s first and only advanced facility to provide coordinated specialized care for children and families.

Anticipated to open in 2026, the Orlando Health Children’s Pavilion, which will be located across from Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, will transform outpatient pediatric care in Central Florida.

As the largest single project undertaken in its history, the Orlando Health Foundation is leading the campaign to raise the project’s total $160 million cost through community support.

When a child experiences an injury, illness or is diagnosed with a chronic or complex medical condition, families often spend countless hours in transit – shuffling to and from multiple offices, multiple days a week. The new six-story facility will bring over 30 pediatric specialties together under one roof, enhancing care collaboration and improving the patient and family experience. Services will include:

    • Adolescent Gynecology
    • Adolescent Medicine
    • Audiology
    • Cardiology
    • Complex Care and Transition
    • Craniomaxillofacial Surgery
    • Ear, Nose & Throat
    • Endocrinology
    • Gastroenterology
    • Genetics
    • General Surgery
    • Healthy Lifestyles
    • Hematology
    • Imaging
    • Infectious Diseases & Immunology
    • Infusion Services
    • Nephrology
    • Neurodevelopment
    • Neurology
    • Neuropsychology
    • Neurosurgery
    • Orthopedics
    • Palliative Care
    • Pharmacy
    • Physiatry
    • Pulmonology
    • Rehabilitation
    • Rheumatology
    • Spina Bifida
    • Urology

“Without question, the Orlando Health Children’s Pavilion project is innovative and efficient. But it’s more than just that – it’s essential,” said Justin Williams, Assistant Vice President, Orlando Health and Interim President of Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. “The bottom line is it’s the right thing to do for the children and families we serve.”

Orlando Health Arnold Palmer has provided skilled, compassionate care to the children of Central Florida for more than 30 years. More than a building, this additional location to provide care expands the hospital’s state-of-the-art services, increases patient access, and includes space for program growth and development.

“When we needed critical support to build the first specialty hospital in our region, this community came alongside us. Now, more than 30 years later, we are calling on our Central Florida family to help make the vision of the Children’s Pavilion a reality,” said John W. Bozard, president of the Orlando Health Foundation.

On September 13, many of the original donors who helped build Orlando Health Arnold Palmer, along with other major gift supporters throughout our history, gathered to learn more about the project. This first look at the plans for the pavilion reignited their passion for supporting children’s healthcare in Central Florida. In addition to a generous donation from Dr. Phillips Charities, the project has received other multi-million-dollar gifts from individual donors. More information about the Orlando Health Children’s Pavilion will be shared as the project and fundraising efforts progress.

 

Source: Positively Osceola