Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women announces $201M expansion

The Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women has announced plans for a $201 million expansion in the Texas Medical Center.

The expansion includes transforming the former Baylor Clinic building, 6620 Main St., into part of the Texas Children’s campus in the Texas Medical Center and will be named the Main Tower. Additionally, the building will be connected to the Pavilion for Women by a new sky bridge and will provide the hospital system an additional 190,000 square feet of usable space, according to a July 26 news release.

“This expansion plan will not only allow us to increase our delivery volume by about 30%, but will also allow us have more space for specialized clinics and specific programs that will cater to women at every stage of life,” said Dr. Michael Belfort, OB-GYN-in-chief at Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women and professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine, in the news release.

The multiyear expansion will occur over three phases:

• Phase 1: Relocate the Women’s Assessment Center from the 11th floor of the Pavilion for Women to the first floor and backfill the 11th floor with a 14-bed induction and observation unit
• Phase 2: Prepare Main Tower for occupancy and relocate outpatient OB-GYN practices from the Pavilion for Women to Main Tower
• Phase 3: Backfill the Pavilion for Women with additional inpatient care capacity

The first phase of the expansion plan is expected to be completed in the spring of 2022, while the full expansion is expected to be completed in 2024.