Houston Methodist officials announced plans Thursday to build a new 193-bed hospital in The Woodlands, plus a 390-bed tower at its Hospital campus in the Texas Medical Center.

The projects will total more than $850 million. Groundbreaking for the 470,000 square foot Woodlands hospital is to begin early next year 2015 and completed in 2017. The project will include a 135,000 square foot medical building to open late next year. The new Texas Medical Center tower will replace patient beds in Houston Methodist Hospital’s original building and add heart and neurosurgery operating rooms. It also is to be completed in 2017. click here for complete story