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Dell Children’smarks constructionmilestone
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and an additional oor for up to 72 more beds. “This investment is going to allow the children of this area to stay closer to home to receive specialized pediatric care,” Heckenlively said. The hospital broke ground in May 2021 near the intersection of Avery Ranch Boulevard and 183A Toll. The development has two parts: a 187,000-square-foot, four-story hospital and a 60,000-square-foot medical o ce building for outpatient subspecialty services. The hospital is set to open in spring 2023 with the medical o ce building opening in fall 2022. A second nearby pediatric hospital will be built near RM 620 and Lake Creek Parkway. Texas Children’s Hospital announced it would build the medical center in May 2020. This is expected to open in late 2023.
Dell Children’s North Medical Center celebrated a construction milestone March 2 with the nal steel beam added to the new pediatric hospital in Northwest Austin. The hospital is scheduled to open in 2023. The beam, which was signed by the construction team, was added to the hospital during a topping- out event. O cials from Dell Children’s and JE Dunn Construction and the construction team gathered to commemorate the milestone. Cathy Heckenlively, the medical center’s chief administrative o cer, said the hospital is part of Dell Children’s and Ascension’s plan to serve the youngest Central Texans. The pediatric hospital will have 36 beds, trauma services, two operating rooms, endoscopy rooms, a Ronald McDonald suite
Dell Children’s North added the nal beamMarch 2.
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EastVillageto nish rstphasebysummer
Hill Elementary hosts ribbon-cutting event
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is estimated to be fully built out between 2027-29, Reger said. Once complete, the project will include more than 2,000 total multifamily units, almost 500 single-family homes, three hotels, 500,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space, and more than 1 million square feet of o ce campus. Additionally, the site plan calls for a 150-acre park and 5 miles of a paved hike and bike trail. Reger said the 466 single-family home lots, near Howard Lane, were sold to KB Home, which has built ve model homes and has also begun construction on dozens of units. “The whole northeast section of Austin doesn’t have a place to go that has everything there,” Reger said. “[EastVillage] is truly a place where you can live, work and play.”
EastVillage, a 425-acre mas- ter-planned community between Parmer Lane and Howard Lane in the Tech Ridge area east of I-35, is set to nish its rst phase of 312 apartment units this summer, said Gordon Reger of Reger Holdings, the project’s developer. The next phase will include an additional 422 multifamily units as well as 140,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and a full-ser- vice, business-class hotel. Within a year, Reger said o cials hope to break ground on another 1,000 apartments and two more hotels. “We will continue to permit and build our phases as quickly as we can,” Reger said. The mixed-use development
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Austin ISD o cials and the Hill Elementary School community gath- ered March 1 for a ceremonial grand opening celebration for the recently renovated campus. The school—at 8601 Tallwood Drive, Austin—received $17 million in renovations aimed to modernize the building and increase its capacity. While construction concluded in October, a ribbon-cutting ceremony had been delayed due to COVID-19. Among the improvements are a new fourth grade classroom wing, which includes modern and exible learning spaces; a new gymnasium; and outdoor learning areas, according to an AISD press release.
The rst phase at EastVillage is a 312-unit apartment building.
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