{"id":405733,"date":"2026-08-13T19:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T19:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/405733\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T19:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T19:12:07","slug":"ut-board-of-regents-approves-first-phase-of-the-ut-dell-medical-center-northwest-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/405733\/","title":{"rendered":"UT Board of Regents approves first phase of the UT Dell Medical Center | Northwest Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Texas System Board of Regents approved adding the first phase of the UT Dell Medical Center to UT\u2019s capital improvement program at an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utsystem.edu\/board-of-regents\/meetings\/board-meeting-2026-08-12\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aug. 12<\/a> meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The CIP is the university\u2019s approved list of major capital projects. Adding the project to the CIP allows the project to move forward with early design and development preparation work.<\/p>\n<p>The background<\/p>\n<p>The UT Dell Medical Center will be a 27-acre medical complex planned to be equipped with a hospital tower, outpatient facilities, an emergency department and 300-500 patient beds for specialized care, according to documents from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utsystem.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/offices\/board-of-regents\/board-meetings\/agenda-book-facilities-planning\/8-2026FPCCpp124-143.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UT Board of Regents.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The medical complex is one piece of the recently announced 300-acre UT Dell Campus for Advanced Research off MoPac, and will be a collaboration with the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, per previous reporting from <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/northwest-austin\/healthcare\/ut-dell-medical-center-aims-to-transform-health-care-access-training-in-central-texas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Community Impact<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As UT\u2019s Dell Medical School continues to grow, the new facility could increase enrollment and allow for new residency programs and opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The details<\/p>\n<p>Phase I of the project is expected to cost up to $1 billion and will be funded from the university\u2019s revenue financing system bonds.<\/p>\n<p>The RFS debt is expected to be repaid from clinical revenues at $56 million per year, according to documents from the UT Board of Regents.<\/p>\n<p>The total cost of the project is expected to be $5 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis gives us the authority to begin spending so that we will be open on time and on budget with this project,\u201d UT Austin President James Davis said.<\/p>\n<p>What else<\/p>\n<p>Phase I of the medical complex will consist of early packages and site preparation including site clearing, excavation, preparing subgrade structures and ordering long-lead construction materials and equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Design development approval is also expected to occur this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday is a very big day,\u201d Davis said. \u201c[The medical complex] will establish the clinical foundation for a new academic health enterprise. It will advance research, education, health professionals and serve patients and serve Texas for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Next steps<\/p>\n<p>Construction is expected to begin in the fall, with the complex completed in December 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Texas System Board of Regents approved adding the first phase of the UT Dell Medical&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,1604,110,1562,1822,251,35921,97420,127113,4429],"class_list":["post-405733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-community-impact","tag-development","tag-health-care","tag-hospital","tag-local-news","tag-ut-board-of-regents","tag-ut-dell-medical-center","tag-ut-md-anderson-cancer-center","tag-ut-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}