The 415,500-square-foot, 250-bed project will replace the 139-year-old psychiatric hospital. It will feature therapeutic spaces and separate areas for adult and adolescent patients. The new facility will have 25 civil commitment, 50 maximum-security, 140 non-maximum-security, and 35 adolescent beds.
The state allocated $573 million for the project.
Robins & Morton is the general contractor for the project. CannonDesign is the architect. This is the second large-scale behavioral health replacement facility project that Robins & Morton has led for HHSC in the last five years, beginning with Rusk State Hospital which was completed in 2023.
Robins & Morton is a privately-held construction firm based in Birmingham, Alabama, with offices in Charlotte, North Carolina; Dallas, Texas; Huntsville, Alabama; Miami, Florida; Nashville, Tennessee; Orlando, Florida; Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina; San Antonio, Texas; and Tampa, Florida. The firm specializes in the construction of health care, hospitality, higher education, entertainment, sports, and government buildings.
