TMC Helix Park: Texas Medical Center Bio Research Campus

[phillip_white]

On 7/3/2021 at 9:16 PM, Highrise Tower said:

I predicted the poured section would be a road, but from what I can see in this picture the three sections have a stepped elevation change. Any other ideas?

[Highrise Tower]

Now up at Mikyoung Kim Design's website. Talks a lot about the rain water.  Really amazing stuff!

https://myk-d.com/projects/tmc3-innovation-masterplan/

Previously surface parking lots, the site lies within the 500-year floodplain. The project will raise the ground plane of the site’s interior — from the finished first floors of each building to the helix gardens — by as much as 8 feet. Supported by a 3.4-million-gallon subterranean cistern, the 11.5 acres of MYKD designed open space, with over 400 new trees, will absorb approximately 2.3 million gallons of rainwater, storing and filtering it for reuse and release in a highly controlled protocol. The helix gardens extend the area’s green network into the site, modulating thermal comfort throughout. Ground floor activity from restaurants, shops, and the Collaborative Building’s central atrium will spill out into the helix garden and the surrounding “Complete Streets,” knitting together this new community.

[hindesky]

[Highrise Tower]

[Highrise Tower]

[Highrise Tower]

PurgeRite. Very impressive setup. What exactly are they doing here?

[Ross]

From the PurgeRite Facebook page:

PurgeRite delivers comprehensive services to ensure that hydronic and geothermal systems deliver designed performance, durability, and operation.

Seems like they flush all of the construction crap out of water lines used in HVAC systems, especially geothermal and hydronic.

[Highrise Tower]

Collaborative Building out of the hole.

[Lux]

On 7/8/2021 at 10:12 AM, phillip_white said:

I predicted the poured section would be a road, but from what I can see in this picture the three sections have a stepped elevation change. Any other ideas?

Per the construction crew, this is a road, and the underground collaborative building parking extends beneath the street.  The stepped feature remains a mystery, but perhaps it’s related to drainage.

[Lux]

The same construction workers mentioned that the multi-million gallon cistern referenced on the myk-d website will reside below the mixed-use parking project on the northern end of the development.

[Highrise Tower]

[Highrise Tower]

Treemover.com posted information about the trees they're growing for the Helix Gardens.  640 trees will be planted.  Amazing!

Crawler crane was assembled this week.

Retaining wall forming in the Garage/Fitness Center.

[Highrise Tower]

[Highrise Tower]

Took the same photo a few days apart.

[hindesky]

This portion definitely looks like it will be street level and possibly the road @Lux mentioned.

I assume this crawler crane will be flying up steel structure.

 

[BEES?!]

Looking at the renders, I was curious to know if besides this project and those apartments going up in TMC also, how common it is to see underground cisterns built under projects to hold stormwater here in Houston? 

[hindesky]

13 minutes ago, BEES?! said:

Looking at the renders, I was curious to know if besides this project and those apartments going up in TMC also, how common it is to see underground cisterns built under projects to hold stormwater here in Houston? 

I know of 5 right off the top of my head, The Oliver next to the silos, the Rice grad student off campus housing on Dryden, the Guefen high rise student housing next to UH( I'm about to post those), the Blackwell apartments on Knight Rd,  the new Home Depot in Lower Heights. It seems to be used when they don't have the room for a pond and inside the loop that extra land is expensive.

Edited August 7, 2021 by hindesky

[Highrise Tower]

Lots of rebar in the Garage/Fitness center!

[BigFootsSocks]

On 8/7/2021 at 4:57 PM, BEES?! said:

Looking at the renders, I was curious to know if besides this project and those apartments going up in TMC also, how common it is to see underground cisterns built under projects to hold stormwater here in Houston? 

I think we'll be seeing it more with the new on-site detention requirements. Not sure if that's for the city or county and just something I heard... inb4 "welllllll accckshulllllyyyyy" from the "experts"

[Highrise Tower]

Parcel D plan review permit issued yesterday.

[Highrise Tower]

[Highrise Tower]

On 7/3/2021 at 9:16 PM, Highrise Tower said:

Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences' surface lot has been fenced.  They're not wasting any time!

HCIFS's surface lot now:

[hindesky]

The crawler crane is flying in the rebar.

[Highrise Tower]

Anyone know the scheduled date for the garage mat pour?

[KirbyDriveKid]

On 8/7/2021 at 9:09 PM, Highrise Tower said:

Lots of rebar in the Garage/Fitness center!

 

Boy do I miss the St. Luke's/Texas Childrens needles :(  The wedding cake roof is much less impressive without them.

[Big E]

On 8/16/2021 at 3:29 PM, KirbyDriveKid said:

Boy do I miss the St. Luke's/Texas Childrens needles :(  The wedding cake roof is much less impressive without them.

I didn't even realize the needles were gone till you said something! Why did they take them down?

[Highrise Tower]

[79ta]

12 hours ago, Big E said:

I didn't even realize the needles were gone till you said something! Why did they take them down?

Financial reasons...

 

 

[H-Town Man]

46 minutes ago, 79ta said:

Financial reasons...

 

 

Not enough money in healthcare...

 

[Highrise Tower]

[hindesky]

Only crew working on Sunday was the crawler crane flying in rebar. They probably have to pour some concrete soon, notice the concrete pumper already on site.

[Highrise Tower]

First floor of the Collaborative Building!

Mat pour this weekend?

[H-Town Man]

So the buildings for Parcels C and D are underway, correct? Any others?

 

[Highrise Tower]

9 hours ago, H-Town Man said:

So the buildings for Parcels C and D are underway, correct? Any others?

 

Not exactly.

Parcel C, Collaborative Building and Parcel I, Parking Garage/Fitness Center are currently under construction.

Parcel D, Industry Building, should be breaking ground in a few weeks.  I noticed a plan review permit yesterday for the garage portion. TDLR registration specified a September 2021 start date.

 

[Highrise Tower]

E Street, I believe.

[H-Town Man]

On 8/27/2021 at 8:46 PM, Highrise Tower said:

Not exactly.

Parcel C, Collaborative Building and Parcel I, Parking Garage/Fitness Center are currently under construction.

Parcel D, Industry Building, should be breaking ground in a few weeks.  I noticed a plan review permit yesterday for the garage portion. TDLR registration specified a September 2021 start date.

 

Ah yes. I saw that about the TDLR registration, but it was TLDR.

[Highrise Tower]

Cemex mat pour happening right now. Cheers everyone

[Highrise Tower]

Mat pour pictures from today. I arrived late to the party.

[TheSirDingle]

On 7/4/2020 at 3:37 PM, Highrise Tower said:

 

 

Just to repost and to get a better idea of the progress I'm going to repost the 2020 master plan - Site Plan N (Just the top-upper mid portion of TMC3)

So currently they're erecting Parcel I and Parcel C, which can be seen thanks to @Highrise Towerand @hindesky posts above.

I'm betting the industry building (Parcel D) will start next, but I'm not too sure about anything after that. Although, going off the 2020 State of the Texas Medical Center video, the hotel might go up a little bit after Parcel D. Now for the Baylor and UT buildings south of the Parcels listed, I have a feeling they will start in tandem with whenever Parcel E and F start going up.

Edited August 30, 2021 by TheSirDingle

[Lux]

TMC3 Collaborative Building:
The First TMC Collaborative Research Hub

Designed by world-renowned Elkus Manfredi Architects, the 250,000-SF TMC³Collaborative Building will house synergistic research initiatives for four founding institutions: MD Anderson, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and TMC.

The four-story, state-of-the-art building will foster ongoing collaboration between academic institutions and industry partners through a 43,000-SFjoint research lab, office/co-working space and a shared IT infrastructure to facilitate idea exchange. In addition, the building will host commercial life sciences companies and industry leaders, as well as the TMC Data Collaborative, Braidwell, the TMC Venture Fund, and national venture and equity fund partners.

Facing TMC³’s unique Helix Gardens, this central hub will also include a 14,000-SF M.D. Anderson lab and a 7,000-SFatrium for TED talks, weekly programming and informal events.

[Urbannizer]

More: https://www.tmc.edu/tmc3/industry-building-1/

The first of four industry research sites on the TMC3 campus, Industry Building 1 will provide state-of-the-art surroundings for commercial enterprises such as pharmaceutical firms, biotech companies, and investment partners. Spanning 10 stories, the multi-tenant building will house research labs, office space, shared common areas for informal collaboration, and – like all TMC3 buildings – public retail and restaurant space on the first floor.

A pivotal TMC3 research facility, Industry Building 1 spans 700,000 SF and was designed by renowned Elkus Manfredi Architects, a key player in shaping several of Massachusetts’ leading life science clusters. The property is being developed in collaboration with Boston-based Beacon Capital Partners, a tenant-focused private real estate investment firm with a 75-year legacy of successful real estate development, ownership, and management.

 

https://www.tmc.edu/tmc3/hotel-conference-center/

The TMC3 hotel will serve as home for life science researchers, industry executives, and venture capitalists helping to make Houston the global leader in life science and human health.

 

https://www.tmc.edu/tmc3/mixed-use-facility/

 

The TMC3 Mixed-Use Facility, currently in development, is a key component of the 50,000 SF of retail space that will emerge across the TMC3 campus. The building will offer extensive ground-level retail, as well as ample parking for up to 2,000 vehicles. In addition, its location is ideal, within easy walking distance of the TMC3 Hotel and Conference Center, as well as all TMC3 Phase One buildings.

[Highrise Tower]

New renderings were released tonight. wow!!

Industry Building.

https://www.tmc.edu/tmc3/industry-building-1/

Hotel and Conference Center.

https://www.tmc.edu/tmc3/hotel-conference-center/

[H-Town Man]

Wow.

[TheSirDingle]

Just wow...

Also new Master Plan: https://www.tmc.edu/tmc3/master-plan/

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Economic Impact: https://www.tmc.edu/tmc3/economic-impact/

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The economic advantages of TMC³ will be extraordinary. Each year, the State of Texas will benefit from an ongoing annual impact of over $5.4 billion. More than 23,000 permanent new Harris County jobs will drive that gain, representing virtually all industries, pay scales, tax levels, and educational backgrounds. In addition, 19,000 construction jobs will be created to help bring TMC³ to life.

Going to be an insane short and long term impact on the economy, and an absolutely wild amount of permanent jobs created. It also brings an astounding "815k Sf of public parks" in that iconic helix formation or as they call it the "Helix Gardens". 

At last it seems like phase one is a lot more buildings than I previously thought.

[texan]

10 hours ago, Highrise Tower said:

New renderings were released tonight. wow!!

Industry Building.

https://www.tmc.edu/tmc3/industry-building-1/

Houston Business Journal says the first half of this will start in Q4 of this year.

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2021/08/31/tmc3-research-campus-begins-construction.html

[H-Town Man]

42 minutes ago, texan said:

Houston Business Journal says the first half of this will start in Q4 of this year.

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2021/08/31/tmc3-research-campus-begins-construction.html

Paywall... so it says they're starting half of the Industry Building this fall? Does it say anything about the hotel? Can you paste text?

 

[Highrise Tower]

7 minutes ago, H-Town Man said:

Paywall... so it says they're starting half of the Industry Building this fall? Does it say anything about the hotel? Can you paste text?

 

If I may step in for @texan.

The first phase of the campus includes 950,000 square feet of translational research space, a hotel with over 500 rooms and 65,000 square feet of conference space, a 350-unit residential development, 18.7 acres of public park space and 2,000 parking spots. The entire 37-acre TMC campus, designed by Boston-based Elkus Manfredi Architects, will include approximately 6 million square feet of anticipated development in total.

The first phase of TMC3 will be anchored by a 700,000-square-foot facility being developed by Boston-based Beacon Capital Partners and life science investment firm Braidwell. The first half of the anchor facility is scheduled to break ground in the fourth quarter of 2021, TMC said.

The planned hotel, residential tower and conference space will be at the north end of the TMC3 campus. Los Angeles-based Majestic Realty Co., which previously worked on the LA Live entertainment complex in downtown Los Angeles, plans to develop the hotel, residential tower and conference center simultaneously in Phase One.

[hindesky]

Texas Medical Center breaks ground on TMC3, a massive research campus with shops, DNA-shaped parks

 

Construction has begun on a 37-acre biomedical research campus in the Texas Medical Center that is designed to boost the region’s stature on the life sciences stage, TMC announced Tuesday morning.

Plans for the new campus, called TMC3, include 5 million square feet of development in which researchers will mingle with businesses that can commercialize new treatments that come from their findings. Buildings with restaurants and shops on the first floor will cluster around a series of parks meant to resemble the double helix of a DNA molecule — all spaces designed for people to gather and share ideas.

The goal is to enhance the area’s cluster effect, in which a dense concentration of related companies breeds innovation. Clusters — think movies in Hollywood, technology in Silicon Valley and, of course, energy in Houston — provide the kind of access to customers, talent pools, support services and the exchange of knowledge that attracts more companies, talent and investment in the kind of virtuous circle that drives economic growth.

The development is a collaborative effort of the Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The Medical Center changed its deed restrictions for TMC3 to allow industry players such as pharmaceutical companies and investors onto land it had long barred from for-profit companies.

In recent years, those companies have increasingly worked with outside researchers who can help translate research done in the Medical Center into new treatments. They can often be seen working side by side in major life-science hubs.

The “3” in TMC3 is meant to meant to indicate Houston’s nascent status as a “third coast” for life sciences, in addition to major hubs on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts in the Boston and San Diego areas.

“We finally have opened the gates to this sleeping giant after 75 years, and said: ‘Industry, come sit next to our top researchers — brain researchers, cancer researchers — and be in the same lab and translate those discoveries to human benefit,” said William McKeon, chief executive of the Texas Medical Center. “The impact on patients worldwide has the potential to be nothing short of life-changing.”

The first phase of construction will include 950,000 square feet of research space, a hotel with upward of 500 rooms and 65,000 square-feet of conference space, and a 350-unit residential tower. All of the infrastructure, such as streets, utilities, parking and parks, will be completed within the first phase.

The land between Brays Bayou and Old Spanish Trail where TMC3 is being developed previously housed above-ground parking. Parking will be moved underground and the 815,000 square feet of parks will be designed to be a place where restaurants can have outdoor seating, scientists can share ideas, local businesses can hold farmers markets, musicians can play concerts and academic institutions can hold graduations.

McKeon emphasized the importance of having a space where TMC3 employees can live, work and mingle. “I’m on a campus right now that has over 120,000 employees and it’s a food desert,” he said of the Medical Center. “So what happens if you’re a colleague that I met, and we said ‘Let’s meet for a glass of wine’?… Now with the TMC3 campus, it’s all there.”

The majority of the projects first phase are projected to be ready in late summer of 2023.

rebecca.schuetz@chron.com

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/TMC3-a-massive-biomedical-research-campus-at-16423937.php

[KinkaidAlum]

Oh Wow.

LA Live is really really really well done. Every time I've been there I think what could have been for the Toyota Center. Excited the design firm behind it is involved with the hotel and residences here.

[H-Town Man]

Would love to know the financing situation/timeline for the hotel. Probably won't know anything until it happens.