Memorial Hermann announced its plans on July 28 to open a new convenient care center in Katy, at Grand Parkway and FM 1093. The date for the ground breaking will be announced soon, with completion planned for spring 2015, said Lindsey Kilngensmith, manager of external communications for Memorial Hermann.

The Katy location will be Memorial Hermann's third convenient care center and the only one in west Houston. Memorial Hermann has convenient care centers open in Pearland and Summer Creek, near Humble.

When complete, the center will combine urgent and emergency care with primary, preventive and rehabilitative care. Services include pediatric and adult primary care, sports and rehabilitation medicine, mammography screenings, on-site lab and imaging, walk-in urgent care with extended night and weekend hours and a 24-hour emergency room. Patients who need additional emergency care can be transported to one of the area Memorial Hermann hospitals.

"Memorial Hermann Convenient Care Centers offer a 'one stop shop' for an array of services, anchored by a 24/7 emergency department staffed by Board Certified Emergency Physicians," said Scott Barbe, CEO of Memorial Hermann Katy. "In addition, the Memorial Hermann Medical Group provides scheduled or walk-in primary care physician services at the same site."

The center will measure 30,000 square feet and cost a total of $19.1 million.