TMC Helix Park: Texas Medical Center Bio Research Campus

[hindesky]

2 hours ago, CREguy13 said:

Separate from this thread, I'm excited to see how TMC3, Levit Green, etc. directly impacts nearby housing with all of these high-paying jobs being created in the area.  The clear beneficiary imo is the Museum District with it's immediate access to Hermann Park, adjacent to one of the nations best cluster of art/cultural institutions, and a growing number of great restaurants.  It seems more land has been trading in the area as of late, so perhaps developers are positioning for an influx in demand.  I could see this becoming a much more dense and affluent area in the next several years.  Feed me more Boone Manors.

The future X Co. apartments, whatever Related Group is going to build, Museo Plaza high rise and the high rise apartments connected to TMC3. Hopefully they all get started soon.

[Lux]

6 hours ago, CREguy13 said:

Separate from this thread, I'm excited to see how TMC3, Levit Green, etc. directly impacts nearby housing with all of these high-paying jobs being created in the area.  The clear beneficiary imo is the Museum District with it's immediate access to Hermann Park, adjacent to one of the nations best cluster of art/cultural institutions, and a growing number of great restaurants.  It seems more land has been trading in the area as of late, so perhaps developers are positioning for an influx in demand.  I could see this becoming a much more dense and affluent area in the next several years.  Feed me more Boone Manors.

Agree.  Museum Park neighborhood, Devonshire Place neighborhood, Central City subdivision and western Third Ward  -- all stand to benefit from an influx of life sciences campuses and businesses into the greater Texas Medical Center.  University Place, Southside Place, Museum District and West University (as though they need any help) will only continue to flourish with proximity.

[Highrise Tower]

TNT assembling the crane for the tower crane assembly for the 2nd tower crane at IB1.

 

CB.

IB3 area.

Mixed-Use garage has rebar cages and supplies on it.  This is restarting?

[hindesky]

That is a really big crane to put up a tower crane, that size of crane makes me think it's going to be lifting precast concrete structures for either a parking garage or for a building. I guess it could put up the tower crane while it's on site but to build a crane that size it makes me think it's going to be there a while.

Edit: The fact that it's on crawler tracks means it will be moving around, most AT cranes sit in one optimal spot to erect a tower crane. It takes too much time and manpower to erect and disassemble an AT crane and they can't move once assembled.

Edited March 1, 2022 by hindesky

[hindesky]

FAA Obstruction for the crawler crane, that is a whole lot of boom at 392'

Edited March 1, 2022 by hindesky

[Lux]

Stairs up and over

Lots of action at mixed-use building

Concrete pouring today at IB1

[Lux]

Sharing Mikyoung Kim Design’s post on TMC3 landscape design ::

Our team has traveled all over the country selecting trees for Texas Medical Center 3 Innovation Campus located in the heart of Houston, TX. Our designers carefully selected trees ranging from 12” caliper Allee Elms in Georgia, to 10” caliper Bald Cypress in Texas, in an effort to turn Houston green! The project features over 650 trees and 30 unique species that once installed will provide cooling and shade to this innovative research campus. Additionally, the planting scheme is inspired by the Post Oak Savanna and Woodland, Blackland Prairie, Columbia Bottomlands, Piney Woods ecological regions. We would also like to give a special thanks to Environmental Design Inc. for the hospitality! #design #innovation #landscapearchitecture

[Lux]

Community Impact Newspaper (3/3/22)

Buildings rise at medical center research campus

One year into construction on TMC3, the $1.5 billion medical research campus in the heart of the Texas Medical Center, life science experts and researchers said the project has the potential to add billions to the local economy and change the way Houston is viewed around the country.

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[hindesky]

The big crawler crane is flying up the big metal pieces between the two sections of the building.

[Lux]

Sharing post from myk-d twitter:

“Check out this water feature mockup for our TMC3 project in Houston, TX! The mockup examines this pattern of granite layers for flow rate and water effect studies. Next up, full on-site mockups using a beautiful array of the various granite layers! #design #innovation #water”

Edited March 10, 2022 by Lux

[DotCom]

@Lux My 2-year-old would love playing in this water feature.  Can't wait to see the full size mock-up and final installation.  Does anyone know if any real work has started on the Helix Gardens (besides site prep)?

[Highrise Tower]

Dual tower cranes for the Mixed-Use garage. The base for one is already in the ground!

2nd tower crane base.

Hole for the 2nd tower crane.

IB1 and CB.

IB1.

CB.

[KirbyDriveKid]

They're airplane window photos so apologies for the quality, but figured I'd share my shots from the ever-scenic Hobby Airport takeoff path.

[hindesky]

This what the big red crawler crane was doing, hanging steel structures in the Collaborative Building.

[GrapefruitTea]

Front page of the chronicle this morning. Collaborative building topped out!

Majestic Realty planning to break ground on hotel/residential by end of year.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Game-changing-37-acre-biomedical-research-campus-17021781.php

[DotCom]

Another article about topping out the Collaborative Building from the Biz Journal.

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2022/03/23/tmc3-collaborative-building-tops-out.html

Multi-institutional TMC3 Collaborative Building tops out

Mar 23, 2022, 7:09am CDT

JEFF JEFFREY/HBJ

Texas Medical Center President and CEO Bill McKeon noted that the new Collaborative Building marks the first time in the TMC's 76-year history that multiple institutions have come together to build a new facility.

A who’s who of city officials and prominent leaders of the local medical industry gathered March 22 to celebrate the topping out of what will become the first multi-institutional research facility in the Texas Medical Center’s 76-year history.

The 250,000-square-foot TMC3 Collaborative Building is being built as a joint effort among the Texas Medical Center, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas A&M University Health Science Center and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

“The topping out of the TMC3 Collaborative Building marks an integral milestone in the future of life science research and innovation and reflects an unprecedented commitment to collaboration among the four founding institutions,” said William McKeon, president and CEO of TMC. “The lifesaving research and technologies that will come out of this building will truly revolutionize health care.”

The TMC3 Collaborative Building is designed to foster innovation and maximize collaboration among the founding institutions, as well as with academic, health care and private industry partners. A key feature of the building is a 43,000-square-foot research lab shared by MD Anderson, Texas A&M Health and UT Health Houston.

In addition to the joint research lab, the building will include a total of 85,000 square feet of lab and office/coworking space, 14,200 square feet to host strategic initiatives and a 7,000-square-foot atrium that can seat up to 500 people for lectures, weekly programming and informal events.

“It is extraordinary to see the TMC3 life sciences ecosystem emerging from a former parking lot to now completing the structure of the TMC3 Collaborative Building,” said Dr. Peter W.T. Pisters, president of MD Anderson. “This remarkable facility will serve as a hub for the next generation of innovators who will be advancing cutting-edge research, collaborating as teams from the academic medical community and industry, and forging the next great discovery to end cancer. The opportunities are endless.”

The TMC3 Collaborative Building was designed by Boston-based Elkus Manfredi Architects, and Houston-based Vaughn Construction is serving as general contractor.

The Collaborative Building broke ground in January 2021. It is scheduled to be “substantially completed” by August 2023, said Trent Williams, director of capital projects and facilities for the TMC.

During his remarks at the topping-out ceremony, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said the TMC3 Collaborative Building will further accelerate the kinds of research that have made the Texas Medical Center a globally recognized powerhouse of innovation.

“When we travel around the world, one thing that is always mentioned is the Texas Medical Center, which is the finest research community in the world,” Turner said. “It truly has made Houston a standout on the global stage.”

Turner also noted that the planned 37-acre TMC3 research campus — of which the Collaborative Building is a part — promises to create 22,000 new jobs and provide a $4.8 billion economic impact to the city.

TMC3 will also include industry and institutional research buildings, a 521-room hotel, a 350-unit residential tower, a mixed-use building with retail and 18.7 acres of public space, including six parks linked in a double helix and 2,000 parking spots.

Construction is also well underway on a 700,000-square-foot building being developed by Boston-based Beacon Capital Partners and life science investment firm Braidwell, which will be the anchor facility for the first phase of TMC3.

Additionally, the first phase also includes the development of the site's massive rainwater detention infrastructure. The detention tank adjacent to Brays Bayou spans 1.05 million cubic feet and will be capable of holding 7.85 million gallons of water.

[Lux]

Mayor Turner joins Texas Medical Center to celebrate collaborative building’s construction milestone

 

Edited March 26, 2022 by Lux

[Highrise Tower]

Collaborative Building:

Helix Gardens.

Mixed-Use Garage.

Industry Building 1:

[Luminare]

On 3/21/2022 at 6:40 PM, KirbyDriveKid said:

They're airplane window photos so apologies for the quality, but figured I'd share my shots from the ever-scenic Hobby Airport takeoff path.

Awesome shots!

Do we seriously not know anyone that operates a helicopter or has a pilots license? We have a bunch of drone operators on here, but it still doesn't beat a shot from a plane or a helicopter.

Edited March 28, 2022 by Luminare

[phillip_white]

17 hours ago, Luminare said:

it still doesn't beat a shot from a plane or a helicopter.

You are seriously underestimating our drones. 🤫

[Highrise Tower]

Tower crane 1 is up at the Mixed-Use garage.

The base for tower crane 2 has been installed.

Glass facade starting to be installed on the ground floor of Collaborative Building.

2nd floor for the Industry Building 1.

[Highrise Tower]

Building permits were pulled for the Mixed-Use garage. They wasted no time starting!

Collaborative Building now has a full floor of glass.  Looking great!!

Industry Building 1 progress. Tower crane 2 should go up in the next few weeks.

[hindesky]

4 tower cranes.

[Highrise Tower]

Collaborative Building:

Breakthrough Street progress:

Industry Building 1:

Mixed-Use Garage:

[Highrise Tower]

Collaborative Building:

Helix Gardens, section between Parcel A and B:

Mixed-Use Garage:

Industry Building 1:

[Luminare]

This site is absolutely enormous. Only drove a couple times around it. Not pics. Next time I visit I hope they have the spine finished, so I can get a better sense of scale of everything.

[Urbannizer]

https://beaconcapital.com/company

[thatguysly]

I flew over this project last night on Southwest. It is so impressive in scale. It was nice to get that viewpoint add see how it is coming together. No pics, it was late dusk and I would have gotten horrible photos.

[Highrise Tower]

11 hours ago, Urbannizer said:

https://beaconcapital.com/company

Another rendering of One Discovery Way at TMC3.

[BEES?!]

Nice renders. It’s definitely a unique building. I think the only one here in Houston it immediately reminds me of is one of the HQs on 10 in the Energy Corridor,. (Dunno which one though off the top of my head. Maybe it’s BP?)