McKinney | June 2025

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The projections

The impact

Health care workers in McKinney

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Each floor at the medical center holds between 100 to 150 full-time employees, Bowen said. The hospital can add between 200 to 300 employees to staff the new floors when they’re built out. The number of health care jobs in McKinney has increased over the last five years and is projected to increase more in the next five years, according to data from the McKinney Economic Develop- ment Corporation. MEDC President and CEO Michael Kowski said hospitals like Baylor Scott & White contribute to the city’s quality of life. Anytime an organization chooses to invest more resources into the city, it’s a signal that McKinney is doing something right, he said. “People want to be here and people want to grow here,” Kowski said. “We’re just so excited to support that project.” The medical center acts as an anchor for the city’s Medical District that’s included in its comprehensive plan. The plan, adopted in 2018,

Developments that have followed the medical center’s opening include Kroger, the Painted Tree master-planned community and Lake Forest Medical Park.

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2012 : Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-McKinney opens 2019 : Kroger and other businesses begin opening nearby 2022 : Permits filed for Lake Forest Medical Park, located next to the hospital Fall 2025 : Vertical expansion project expected to start

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SOURCE: MCKINNEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION/COMMUNITY IMPACT

includes a mix of single-family and urban residen- tial development surrounding the hospital. Interim Planning Director Hayley Angel said the vision for the area aims to provide housing options and commercial uses for Baylor employees while supporting the hospital’s growth, she said. “Over time it started to have more and more smaller medical uses develop around it as well as some commercial to help support that employ- ment base,” Angel said.

2028 : Expansion anticipated to finish

SOURCE: BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE, CITY OF MCKINNEY/ COMMUNITY IMPACT

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