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Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital will be built on the former Sysco Corp. site along U.S. 290 near Barker Cypress Road in northwest Houston.

Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital, scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2025, will be Houston Methodist's ninth hospital.

Houston Methodist is preparing to break ground on a 400-bed hospital campus in Cypress to meet the growing demand for health care in the suburbs of far northwest Houston.

The Houston health care system, which operates eight hospitals including its Texas Medical Center location, will break ground in the next few months on a 106-acre site on U.S. 290 near Barker Cypress Road. Methodist purchased the land, which formerly housed administrative operations for Sysco Corp., last year.

The campus will incorporate a seven-story, 571,000-square-foot hospital and a 160,000-square-foot medical office building and be modeled after Houston Methodist The Woodlands and Houston Methodist West hospitals. The site could potentially house more than 500 beds, along with additional medical office buildings and parking garages, according to Methodist.

Opening is planned in the first quarter of 2025 with an initial 276 beds, of which 68 will be finished and ready for patients, with more that could be quickly brought online, according to Methodist.

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The campus will give Methodist a location near fast growing communities such as Bridgeland and also appeals to patients from out of town who don’t want to make the trek to the medical center, said Justin Brasell, executive vice president of healthcare advisory services for Transwestern.

“As patients have more of an opportunity to choose where they’re going to get healthcare service, they’re looking for nicer and more well located practices and buildings,” Brasell said.

Elsewhere, Clay Development & Construction will add to the 1.2 million square feet of medical office space across the Houston region with a new project in Upper Kirby. The Houston-based developer plans to break ground on a five-story, 100,000-square-foot mixed-use medical office development at 2801 Kirby near River Oaks.

Richard Barbles, a director and commercial real estate brokerage Newmark, and Associate Director Noelle Hsieh are marketing the project, which is planned for completion in the third quarter.

“There is an ongoing trend in the medical industry toward convenience of care, with patients seeking healthcare in retail or medical office settings close to home,” Barbles said in an announcement. 

The building, which will replace a former bank branch, will have a full-service restaurant and retail on the ground floor. It is near several affluent neighborhoods and recently completed office and apartment towers, restaurants, banks and retailers.

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