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MD Anderson Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Building At 6565 MD Anderson Blvd.


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For weeks now, I've been wondering what they are doing at the corner of Moursund Street and MD Anderson Blvd ever since they completely fenced it off. I believe it was an old 60s/70s post office but so far all my results have been saying it was the University of Texas Mental Science building. Either way, the building was torn down and the entire lot has been bulldozed! It's a fairly large corner so I was thinking it may be another tower for the TMC.

Anyone know what is going on at this corner?

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The mental science building was in the process of being demolished last week (I ride my bike past it on the way into my lab). Not sure what's going to replace it. Is that what you're talking about? Here's a photo I took while riding by on Thursday. I don't know if you can read the sign but it says "UT Mental Science Institute". That was one damn ugly building...

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The mental science building was in the process of being demolished last week (I ride my bike past it on the way into my lab). Not sure what's going to replace it. Is that what you're talking about? Here's a photo I took while riding by on Thursday. I don't know if you can read the sign but it says "UT Mental Science Institute". That was one damn ugly building...

Yea, that's it! Im glad that they finally demolished it. Could have sworn it said post office somewhere on that building.. perhaps it was a small section of the overall building? Anyway, yea, the mental science building needed to go.

Guess nobody knows what's going to replace it? Kind of surprised

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So there is now a big hole where the mental science building used to be, which makes me think they are building something and not just turning it into a parking lot or something like that. Has anybody heard anything about what is going up there?

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So there is now a big hole where the mental science building used to be, which makes me think they are building something and not just turning it into a parking lot or something like that. Has anybody heard anything about what is going up there?

The land is too valuable for it to be a parking lot. if there's a hole there, then something will be built there fairly soon.

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Does this place already exist? Is this donation for a building or research? How big is 600,000 cubic-feet?

The United Arab Emirates' Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, founded by former UAE President Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan,has given the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center a record $150 million gift.

The donation will reportedly fund M.D. Anderson's Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy, a new endeavor to be co-led by President Dr. John Mendelsohn after he retires this summer.

http://culturemap.com/newsdetail/01-18-11-united-arab-emirates-gifts-md-anderson-150-million/

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Chronicle says "will fund the construction of a state-of-the-art, 600,000 square-foot facility on five acres of M.D. Anderson's main campus."

MD Anderson needs 5 acres on their main campus.. What do you know.. Perfect timing.

I thought the same thing, however the Pru site already was slated for an outpatient center. Unless plans have changed, that would raise the question where on the "main campus" they would build such a build such a large facility.

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New 600,000 sq. ft facility in the Med Center? Ran across this in an email this morning:

HOUSTON — The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has completed its largest fundraising campaign ever. Thanks to the generosity of supporters across the globe, Making Cancer History®: The Campaign to Transform Cancer Care has raised $1.215 billion for:

research initiatives in cancer prevention and risk assessment, basic science, cancer care excellence, personalized cancer therapies, early detection and targeted treatments

an endowment to educate and train the next generation of cancer research specialists

a new 600,000-square-foot research facility to support personalized cancer care and accelerate the pace of pancreatic cancer research

support of other key areas within the institution.

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he new building funded by the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Charity Foundation will land instead on a different demo site: the southeast corner of Moursund St. and M.D. Anderson Blvd., a 5-acre lot which until last year was the home of the UT Health Science Center’s Mental Science Institute. M.D. Anderson bought the 2-story concrete-and-brick building at 1300 Moursund from its sister institution, then had it torn down over the summer, identifying the land at the time only as a location for “future expansion.”

http://swamplot.com/where-m-d-anderson-will-put-the-uae-presidents-new-building/2011-01-20/

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Cant remember exactly but I believe 600,000 square feet of office space is about the same size as Main Place/BG Group Place tower that recently finished in Downtown Houston. Either BG Group Place or Hess/Discovery Tower, one of them.

Main Place is quite a bit bigger at 973k square feet. Discovery tower is just a bit under 900k square feet. I don't think this will end up being very tall. Especially being on a 5 acre lot. Although the streets surrounding it are private and I believe they are partially included as part of the lot. A very rough estimate for the area they would be building on would be around 138,000 sq ft. A good chunk of that could be taken up with drop-off areas or landscaping though.

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I can see this development from my balcony. Lot is totally cleared and it looks like they've excavated to clear for at least 1 floor underground. Lots of heavy equipment on the site now with work crews doing their thing right now. Still nothing to see yet but it should start to rise soon.

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