River Oaks/Upper Kirby/Greenway Plaza/Bissonnet

The Aplin Center has been officially added to the capital plan with a planning amount of $250 million. The TAMU Transportation Construction Map shows a start date in February of 2025.

The money allocated for Texas A&M's Helix Park building is being reallocated in the new capital plan to improvements in the Alkek Building and at Innovation Plaza. The project is now called "Alkek IBT Building Lab Expansion/Renovation & EnMed Build-out". One of the notes says "$69,897,111 was authorized by the Legislature for Texas A&M University TMC3 Biomedical Research Bldg. The project was originally planned to be located at TMC3 in Houston. As provided for in the legislation, the new project will be located just outside the Houston medical center in buildings currently owned by TAMUS, the Albert B. Alkek IBT Building and EnMed Building. The renovations and expansion project will provide the needed space and address the original purpose of the CCAP authorization. The CCAP project will not move forward until Legislative requirements are met, POR is complete and funding is finalized."

Texas A&M's building at Helix Park will not be moving forward. The money is being reallocated in the new capital plan to improvements in the Alkek Building and at Innovation Plaza. The project is now called "Alkek IBT Building Lab Expansion/Renovation & EnMed Build-out". One of the notes says "$69,897,111 was authorized by the Legislature for Texas A&M University TMC3 Biomedical Research Bldg. The project was originally planned to be located at TMC3 in Houston. As provided for in the legislation, the new project will be located just outside the Houston medical center in buildings currently owned by TAMUS, the Albert B. Alkek IBT Building and EnMed Building. The renovations and expansion project will provide the needed space and address the original purpose of the CCAP authorization. The CCAP project will not move forward until Legislative requirements are met, POR is complete and funding is finalized." I wonder if this is solely due to Medistar's failure to purchase the Alkek building, as originally planned (the programs from the Alkek building were going to move to the Helix Park building), or an apparent different industry-focused direction at TMC Helix Park (originally UTHealth and MD Anderson were supposed to have buildings actually in Helix Park rather than adjacent to it I believe).

I have spent the last several years defending Houston because of its small but significant and hard-fought improvements. But between HISD, I-45, and the machete spree that the last four months have been to every scrap of progress we've been fighting for, I'll be honest - I'm damn near ready to give up on this city. I suppose that's the goal.

^^^ oh, holy mother mary, has THOU finally decided to open up the floodgates and fully BLESS HOUSTON? what a beautiful and glorious gift to our fair city mother mary. we have waited so very long... for something we can PRAISE and REJOICE about. we humbly THANK YOU...