Popular Post Urbannizer Posted January 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2018 https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2018/01/09/state-approves-initial-funding-for-uthealth.html Site is just outside the TMC: https://www.google.com/maps/place/2800+S+MacGregor+Way,+Houston,+TX+77021/@29.7115275,-95.3746963,3a,75y,279.77h,93.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sU2JfaN4iiyYPnKes4n3MAQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x8640bf97b4082a43:0xd01096f0aebe7d01!8m2!3d29.7122117!4d-95.3743252 Quote The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston will build a $125 million behavioral health campus in Houston, and the state of Texas has approved the initial funding. The Legislative Budget Board and the Governor to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission approved the first $6 million in state funds for the project, according to a Jan. 8 press release from UTHealth. That funding will be for the architectural planning and design phase. Plans for the UTHealth Continuum of Care Campus for Behavioral Health include acute, subacute and residential treatment with up to 300 beds. When combined with the UTHealth Harris County Psychiatric Center’s 274 existing acute care beds, the facility is expected to become the largest academic behavioral health hospital in the country, per the release. The new UTHealth Continuum of Care Campus building is expected to break ground in January 2019 and be complete in fall 2021, according to a spokeswoman. The architect selection is in the final stage, and general contractor top bidders will be interviewed next month. The project will be about 200,000 square feet and will be built on the site of an existing parking lot adjacent to the UTHealth HCPC. The press release says it “will incorporate the latest design concepts for a behavioral health facility.” 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitter1 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 This is great news! I'm a huge advocate for intellectual and mental disabilities. This made my day! I was just saying that Texas should allocate more funding for mental healthcare. We have a long way to go to compete with other states regarding mental healthcare. A step in the right direction! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monarch Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 ^^^ how GREAT thou ART! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitter1 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Together with the Menninger Clinic expansion Houston is on a roll! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitter1 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Will Gensler get selected for this project? Another thought would be HOK 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangledwoods Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Quote Will Gensler get selected for this project? Another thought would be HOK This will be a public RFP so the Gensler's of this world probably wouldn't even pursue it. PGAL, EYP (formerly WHR), Kirksey, etc will be in the hunt for this. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUfan13 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 The project was awarded to Perkins + Will. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitter1 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyt36 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 23 hours ago, Twitter1 said: That map is from San Antonio. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 On 4/5/2018 at 0:15 AM, Twitter1 said: If this is accurate, did the owner approve the Design Development Documents? Perkins + Will is doing this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 From the Dec/Jan TMC: Pulse magazine http://www.tmc.edu/news/tmc-pulse/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 Me thinks this event will provide an update - free to register and attend https://web.cvent.com/event/d6207399-7d08-41ca-a2a9-44325047ef48/summary 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 On 1/3/2019 at 4:07 AM, Urbannizer said: Me thinks this event will provide an update - free to register and attend https://web.cvent.com/event/d6207399-7d08-41ca-a2a9-44325047ef48/summary I registered, and thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Quote The program will begin promptly at 11:15 am, and will take place in the auditorium of UTHealth Harris County Psychiatric Center at 2800 South MacGregor Way. Complimentary parking will be available in the lot that will become the future site of the new building. There will be signage and staff on hand to help guide you. Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, MD UTHealth President and Alkek-Williams Distinguished Chaircordially invites you to preview plans and a 3D simulation of the new UTHealth Continuum of Care Campus for Behavioral HealthThe largest behavioral health academic center in the nation focused on researching and developing leading-edge treatments and training the next generation of health care providers Quote 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) I also attended the event and was fortunate to meet ekdrm2d1. I saw him taking pictures and figured he had to be a HAIFER. It's nice to put a face with a name. I thought the event was very well run and informative. Also for all of those arguments in the past about whether the med center was in the 3rd ward. If it wasn't it is now. This will be there second development in this very large tract of land that I'm sure will continue to grow. So yes the Med center is in the 3rd ward. The new buildings 2 which are very attractive 2 and 3 story edifices. It's a very nice layout with the two buildings running parallel to each other with a connecting courtyard that provides quite a bit of open space. The buildings facade facing the courtyard is primarily glass and the front facing the main boulevard looks to be made of a white concrete or panels that have multiple widows of varying sizes running vertically and horizontally. They will have a park on one end that will be made available to patients to walk in, and a separate building for events held by the UTHSC and HHSE. The preview was followed by a nice table of light bites and beverages. It was very well attended by politicians regional health care specialists and UT brass. They plan on Breaking ground this summer with completion 20/21 Edited January 11, 2019 by bobruss 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 21 hours ago, ekdrm2d1 said: I am glad for this. Anything which boosts Houston is good. But let us not forget that Houston already has the Menninger Clinic which has a world wide reputation for mental health care. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Onto the good stuff! Splitting this into two postings. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobruss Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 i believe the Meninger is private care. this is state operated. Their facility next door turns away up to 60 people a day. So this is very necessary to the mental health of our community and helps get some of the people off of the streets. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bobruss Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 One thing I'm a little disappointed in, after looking at the images that ekdrm2d1 shot, I wish they had engineered for a green roof. Those roofs are crying out for some grass. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Excellent project. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 The Harris Center is about to build another crisis center if I recall correctly. I was on Nextdoor.com during a Memorial Hermann outpatient clinic development and my neighbors opposed it. They didn't want "crazies" and violent people roaming the neighborhood. It's sad the stigma attached with mental health. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, ekdrm2d1 said: The Harris Center is about to build another crisis center if I recall correctly. I was on Nextdoor.com during a Memorial Hermann outpatient clinic development and my neighbors opposed it. They didn't want "crazies" and violent people roaming the neighborhood. It's sad the stigma attached with mental health. If anything the eastern fringe of the med center is the best area for this stuff. It's not really walkable, there are few businesses, most residential areas consist of gated apartment complexes, right? So even if there was problem with the people coming and going from this facility(as you say there probably won't be and people are scared of nothing) it won't effect anyone. The worst thing you can do is concentrate social services in areas like Midtown and the East End(the status quo) because those are such open and exposed public spaces where you want people to feel safe walking or using public transit. That's how you get Wheeler station. Edited January 12, 2019 by zaphod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 My mom went with me to the preview. She's a LMSW. Had mentioned this project is composed of three partners TMC for the land The state of TX for funding UTHealth for staffing I must have misheard. The existing parking lot belongs to UTHealth? Or is it property of TMC? For what it's worth, the barricades had TMC on them Also, Texas only gave a small donation to kick off the project. Wonder if my mom is slightly mistaken. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 (edited) Like the design and grouping of the masses for this project. This is actually fairly in line with contemporary techniques and looks today. Looks like a design you would see in the Netherlands or in Denmark, and thats a good thing. As far as this conversation about "stigmas" I've really grown tired of that term. The "stigma" (like stereotypes) exist because there are elements of truth to it, and while people seem to want to focus on the "stigma" itself as being the problem, its not that at all. Its the actions that we take in RESPONSE to "stigmas" that needs focus. The stigma that exist for those with mental health shouldnt be a reason not to assist or help individuals (as would be the classic liberal argument in this case). We can't force people to change their opinions about people that are homeless, and of those homeless that are mentally ill. Not only would that be impossible, but completely authoritarian. Instead, opinion is swayed by the reasonable actions we take (instead of emotional action) to a given "stigma". Further, I think its been interesting how this conversation has developed. We used to have a lot of dedicated institutions for those with mental health issues, but then the argument shifted to dismantling those institutions because it was seen at the time (arrogantly) that these people could live unassisted in the world and further assimilate. Literally the same kinds of people that advocated for those institutions dismantlement are the exact same who are coming back around asking society to once again build the new institutions to fix the issue. Its strange seeing how conversations operate when you look at them by generations. Edited January 14, 2019 by Luminare 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2019/01/11/317853/plans-for-new-psychiatric-hospital-unveiled-in-houston/ From swamplot this morning, looks like this will be the largest facility of its kind in the country. Pretty neat. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 (edited) Quote Texas health officials are planning to replace the aging Austin State Hospital as part of a $300 million endeavor to revamp the state’s crumbling psychiatric hospital system. State and mental health leaders envision a state-of-the-art brain health center that will work with private and public organizations to deliver individualized mental health and substance abuse services. The Texas Legislature approved the money last year to improve the 10 state hospitals in the system, according to Monday’s announcement by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. “A strong state psychiatric system is critically important to all Texans. This investment will benefit the state for generations,” Executive Commissioner Charles Smith said in a news release. “With this support from state leadership, we can update our facilities and be sure we are providing Texans with the very best mental health care possible.” The first disbursement of money is $48 million, and $15.5 million of it will go toward creating a master plan to replace Austin State Hospital. The 160-year-old hospital, near West 41st and Guadalupe streets in Central Austin, is the oldest psychiatric hospital in the state. Construction of the new hospital, which could begin as early as late next year, is estimated to cost about $235 million, according to the state health commission. https://www.statesman.com/news/20180109/replacement-of-austin-state-hospital-part-of-300-million-state-plan Off topic, but great news for the Texas mental health industry! Edited February 9, 2019 by ekdrm2d1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 Expected to break ground sometime this month. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 A slideshow capture of State of the Texas Medical Center 2018. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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