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St. David’s to start Leander hospital construction in 2023

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BY TAYLOR GIRTMAN

St. David’s HealthCare plans to start construction of its Leander hospital in the rst quarter of 2023, according to a Feb. 15 announcement. Leander’s rst hospital is scheduled to open in 2024. The $142.5 million full-service, acute-care hospital will have a 24-hour emergency depart- ment, inpatient and outpatient surgery, critical care capabilities, robotic services, maternity services and newborn services, according to a release. The 34-bed hospital will also have room for growth. The hospital is one part of St. David’s plan to invest $953 million across Central Texas with three new hospitals and current facility expansions. The hospital will be located between the existing emergency center and medical oce building on San Gabriel Parkway between US 183 and 183A Toll. St. David’s rst announced plans in 2016 to

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St. David’s HealthCare plans to start construction on its Leander hospital in 2022.

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develop 52 acres in Leander for a hospital, emer- gency center and other medical oces. A free-stand- ing emergency center opened in January 2018 as Phase 1. The second phase of construction, a medical oce building, was completed in early April 2020. The hospital is the third phase of the St. David’s development. David Hustutler, St. David’s president and CEO,

said that a facility demand analysis showed network coverage gaps and expansion needs. “The Leander area has grown at an even faster pace over the past few years and we don’t see any evidence that will change,” Hustutler said in a statement. “Knowing the lead time these projects take, it was time to go ahead and move forward with the hospital.”

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BY CLAIRE SHOOP

feet of retail, restaurant and commu- nity spaces; two hotels; thousands of multifamily housing units; and 30 acres of parkland, according to Inspire. The plan for Pearson Ranch includes a mix of public and private spaces that focus on sustainability, vitality and a community-oriented lifestyle, accord- ing to the release. Additionally, the land plan for Pearson Ranch dedicates 48 acres to a corporate campus. “Located in the new premier hub for major technology companies, Pearson Ranch will provide needed access to

oce space for employers, generating new jobs and providing on-site access to retail, housing and park space for Central Texas,” Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell said in the release. The project, which is anticipated to take 10-15 years to fully build out, will have an estimated value of more than $2 billion, according to the release. The rst phase of the Pearson Ranch development will span 41 acres and include 600,000 square feet of oce space, three apartment communities and some retail.

Inspire Development broke ground Jan. 27 on Pearson Ranch, a 156-acre mixed-use project that aims to bring oce space, retail, hotels, housing and parks to an area that developers called Williamson County’s “burgeoning technology corridor.” Located at the northeast corner of SH 45 N and West Parmer Lane, the development is 2 miles from Apple’s $1 billion new campus. Pearson Ranch will feature 2.6 million square feet of Class A oce space; 200,000 square

RENDERING COURTESY INSPIRE DEVELOPMENT Inspire Development broke ground on a 156-acre, mixed-use project on Jan. 27.

CEDAR PARK LEANDER EDITION • MARCH 2022