Children’s Health and UT Southwestern Medical Center broke ground on a $5 billion pediatric health campus to replace the existing Children’s Medical Center Dallas. The new campus will encompass more than 4.7 million square feet of construction, including a new pediatric hospital as its centerpiece. The new Dallas pediatric campus will be located on the corner of Harry Hines Boulevard and Paul Bass Way, across from UTSW’s William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital.

Children’s Health and UT Southwestern announced the new campus in February. Officials expect to complete construction on the campus in six or seven years. The new campus will include:

• 552 beds
• Two helicopter pads
• A Level 1 pediatric trauma center
• 90 emergency department exam rooms
• 24 observation rooms
• A fetal care center
• 96 outpatient exam rooms

Children’s Health is also planning to open a new 395,000-square-foot patient tower at its Plano Medical Center later in 2024.

Children’s Health operates several medical centers and specialty care centers throughout communities around Dallas-Fort Worth, including Frisco, Grapevine, Plano and Prosper.