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Baylor-St. Luke's plans to move forward with new patient tower at McNair Campus

Baylor College of Medicine and CHI St. Luke's Health have plans to move forward on a second patient tower at their Baylor St. Luke's McNair Campus near the Texas Medical Center.

The organization is moving forward with the design and planning for the second tower, with more information to be released in December, according to CHI St. Luke's spokeswoman Ty Morrison. Plans for a second patient tower were first announced in October 2014. There are also conversations around adding a second office building to the campus.

The McNair Campus is a long-term project between the two organizations following Colorado-based Catholic Health Initiatives' purchase of St. Luke's Health. The hospital initially opened in January and will continue to open in phases over the next several years until 2018, when the hospital is expected to be completed.

The hospital currently is expected to be 1.2 million square feet, including clinician space, offices and 25 operating rooms. The current patient tower will have 250 beds when it is completed, the Houston Business Journal previously reported. The entire hospital will feature 550 beds when completed.