The Woodlands Edition | June 2026

Health care

BY VANESSA HOLT

Surgery center makes sales tax deal

What’s next

Robert Garcia, a consultant for Townsen, told the board at a previous meeting April 27 that the company has 10 facilities in the Houston area and 14 clinical practices it is aliated with that populate the properties. The Oak Ridge North facility will see 40-60 patients a day with a peak sta of 25, Robert Garcia said. It has four operating rooms and will expand to six by the end of the year, he said. The facility also has two procedure rooms, according to the company. While the agreement will only apply to the building currently in use, Building B, there is another building on the north side of the property, Building C, which will also see expansion as medical oce space, Rick Garcia said.

Plans for the expansion of an ambulatory surgery center can move forward in Oak Ridge North after City Council approved a Chapter 380 sales tax preservation agreement with Townsen Memorial Surgery Center on May 27 to expand its facility at 26710 I-45 N. The center, which opened in March, currently occupies 6,000 square feet, and the expansion will double the size, said Rick Garcia, director of development with Townsen. According to the agreement, the area where the building is located is zoned for retail unless a special exception is made using a sales tax agreement. The incentive approved by the council replaces sales tax requirements with a payment to the city totaling $73,126 per year, or $4 per square foot for an 18,000-square-foot building, for ve years. That will increase by 3% annually through the rst 10 years of the deal.

Townsen Memorial Surgery Center • Opened: March • Size: 6,000 square feet • Timeline: Doubling in size by end of year

Building B 26710 I-45 N., Oak Ridge North

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