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On 8/23/2020 at 2:06 PM, Houston19514 said:

Is the Proton Therapy Center in the UTHealth Research Park (the topic of this thread)? 

It is an MD Anderson project, so it seems unlikely; or is the Research Park actually a UT System Research Park (and not just UTHealth)?

 

MD Anderson has facilities located within the UTHealth Research Park Complex. Pister's is working on a 90-acre master plan for the site.  Lots of room for expansion.  I know of 2 future expansions already

 

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On 8/29/2020 at 8:50 PM, Highrise Tower said:

 

MD Anderson has facilities located within the UTHealth Research Park Complex. Pister's is working on a 90-acre master plan for the site.  Lots of room for expansion.  I know of 2 future expansions already

 

Apparently the Research Park is actually the UT Research Park, and includes facilities for both UTHealth (which is a DBA/name brand for the UT Health Sciences Center at Houston) and MDAnderson Cancer Center.

 

Mods, could the title of the thread be revised to correct this naming?

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Found an online interview with Engineer William Daigneau. Mr. Daigneau is a leader in healthcare facilities management for MD Anderson.

https://mdanderson.libguides.com/DaigneauW

 

In the interview he talks about MD Anderson's South Campus, the Research Park.

 

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Mr. Daigneau goes into detail about the development of Research Park (and refinement of the Master Plan), beginning with Dr. John Mendelsohn’s invitation to the Health Science Center to embark on a joint development project.

 

He explains how the 100 acres was subdivided into lots to support buildings of thirty five to fifty thousand square feet.  Mr. Daigneau tells the story of negotiating with the Health Science Center for use of land that currently housed an ecological park used for environmental studies, a process that took a year, with the Regents eventually intervening in MD Anderson’s favor.  He then explains the negotiation process required to develop the roadways and infrastructure and explains how he worked with Governmental Affairs to secure start-up money from the Governor’s office to develop infrastructure. 

 

Mr. Daigneau also explains why MD Anderson has never been successful in attracting a third collaborator to develop the property.  He then goes on to describe the process of building Research Building 2, a structure that included services demanded by users of Research Building 1, and Research Building 3 –a collaborative effort between MD Anderson and the Health Science Center.  He then mentions other structures added to the campus.

 

Mr. Daigneau next recalls negotiations over seven years with the National Guard and National Reserve to acquire essential pieces of the 100 acres of land.  He describes failed negotiations with the Department of Defense and then explains how Congressional discussions of base closings helped set the scene for resolution of the problem.  He notes that he worked with Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson to resolve the problem.

 

In the final minutes of this segment, Mr. Daigneau lists other structures and parcels of land that are available for further development, noting that MD Anderson controls all the land north of Main Campus and also holds South Campus as areas for research development.  He lists other occupants of South Campus: Physical Plant, Hazardous Waste Processing, and land to build a new vivarium.  Mr. Daigneau also notes the acquisition of East Campus near Alameda.

 

“It’s like a big jigsaw,” Mr. Daigneau says, “but all planned rather than haphazard.”

 

 

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  • The title was changed to UT Research Park Complex Developments

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Anderson has completed the “topping out” of our second Proton Therapy Center building, which is now 50% complete and on schedule to open in 2023. To mark this milestone, MD Anderson leaders signed the final steel beam this afternoon in a socially distanced topping out ceremony.

 

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South Campus Parking Garage No. 2

https://www4.mdanderson.org/procurement/bids/index.cfm?pagename=viewBid&id=6998&name=Request for Qualification

 

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Owner is continuing with the development of its South Campus, which is located between Bertner Avenue and Cambridge Street, south of Old Spanish Trail. As part of the development Owner anticipates expanding it parking facilities, which may include the design and construction of the South Campus Parking Garage No. 2. At present, this facility is anticipated to be a free-standing structure of approximately 645,000 gross square feet (GSF) that will provide approximately 1,700 parking spaces and primarily will serve the needs of the occupants of the facilities located on the South Campus.

 

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