McKinney | June 2025

Reaching new heights From the cover

The details

The big picture

What’s being added

84,000 square feet

100 new universal beds

The hospital currently holds 192 beds and the expansion could add up to 100 additional beds once it’s built out. Bowen said the new beds will be universal, meaning they won’t be tied to any one medical practice or service. Those beds can be utilized by any patient in need whether it’s an ICU patient or a surgical patient, he said. “We want to make sure that we’re positioning ourselves to be able to meet whatever demand that is,” Bowen said. Construction plans will also include a new park- ing garage on the site’s north side. While details are still being finalized, Bowen said the garage is expected to add around 300 parking spaces and will have capacity to expand.

Baylor Scott & White Health’s medical center in McKinney is set to start a vertical expansion later this year that’s expected to add up to 84,000 square feet once it’s complete. Medical center ocials conrmed plans are underway to add a seventh and eighth oor to the hospital that opened in 2012. Since that time, McKinney’s population has increased nearly 64%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. At the same time, the medical center has seen an increase in demand for hospital services. In the last ve years alone, surgeries and admissions for trauma, maternity and inpatient services have all increased, Tim Bowen, president of Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-McKinney said. The hospital has expanded with the community but additional bed capacity is needed for the future, Bowen said. “We’re seeing double-digit percent growth almost in every service line,” he said. Construction on the expansion is expected to start in fall 2025 and nish in 2028.

200-300 full time employees

300 parking spaces

SOURCE: BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE/COMMUNITY IMPACT

Bowen said people will see two cranes on-site by the end of the year. Officials have spent the last year planning for the expansion in order to ensure the hospital can continue operating during construction, he said. Officials plan to build infrastructure for both floors at the same time. Interior rooms within the floors will be built out over time as needed over the next few years, he said.

Assessing the need

Hospital utilization trends

Inpatients refer to those admitted to the hospital and stay overnight. Outpatients refer to those admitted to the hospital but do not stay overnight.

Health care demand is projected to continue increasing in the coming years, with the hospital’s Community Health Needs Assessment, which examines public health indicators in the North Texas area, projecting increases in inpatient discharges and outpatient visits through 2030. The hospital is designated as a Level II trauma center, Level III maternity care unit and Level III neonatal intensive care unit, enabling the facility to serve patients from a wide region that reaches Oklahoma and East Texas, Bowen said. “We’re focused on very critical patients and being able to care for those very critical patients,” he said.

Inpatient

Outpatient

*PROJECTED

111,406

2020

Expansion

58.9M

Parking garage

117,911

2025*

69.3M

130,966

2030*

81.4M

In addition to the new oors, a parking garage will be constructed on the north side of the property.

SOURCE: 2022 BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT/ COMMUNITY IMPACT

RENDERING COURTESY BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE

What they’re saying

"We’re at a point where we’re looking at that next 10 years. The growth of the area has pushed us to the point

“Having a strong network of medical providers in this area only helps enhance and helps us become more

“The medical district really is focused on the hospital itself—really being that anchor in the area. ... Having the

where we need to add additional bed capacity to meet the continuing growth of the community." TIM BOWEN, PRESIDENT OF THE BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE MEDICAL CENTERMCKINNEY

resilient in the community.” MICHAEL KOWSKI, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF MCKINNEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

hospital there really gives that area a distinct feel.” HAYLEY ANGEL, INTERIM PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF MCKINNEY

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