Expansion adds inpatient capacity
Construction is complete on a six-story inpatient building at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Waxahachie, the largest phase of a $240 million expansion, REBusinessOnline reported Nov. 11. The hospital campus is in Waxahachie, a southern suburb of Dallas. Baylor Scott & White Provides Updates on $240M Healthcare Expansion Project in Waxahachie, Texas - R
The building raises the medical center’s licensed bed count from 140 to 199, an increase of 59 beds. It also includes an intensive care unit and surgery department, along with an expanded emergency department, according to the report. Baylor Scott & White Provides Updates on $240M Healthcare Expansion Project in Waxahachie, Texas - R
The Basis analysis: The additional beds represent an approximately 42% increase in licensed capacity at the hospital. For the campus, the project changes both its inpatient capacity and emergency department footprint; the licensed count alone does not establish how many beds are occupied. Baylor Scott & White Provides Updates on $240M Healthcare Expansion Project in Waxahachie, Texas - R
The 52-acre campus opened in 2014. Work on the new building began in spring 2024, according to REBusinessOnline, which identified HKS as architect, Whiting-Turner as general contractor and Henderson Engineers as another project partner. Baylor Scott & White Provides Updates on $240M Healthcare Expansion Project in Waxahachie, Texas - R
The reported $240 million figure applies to the broader expansion, rather than specifically to the completed building. REBusinessOnline described construction of the inpatient building as complete, but did not report that every phase of the overall expansion was complete. Baylor Scott & White Provides Updates on $240M Healthcare Expansion Project in Waxahachie, Texas - R