We don’t just have a vision for a healthier future, we have a plan.
A world-class, life science complex that unites the best minds in medicine across 37 acres, with shared and proprietary research centers, multi-disciplinary laboratories, healthcare institutions, a hotel and conference center, retail, and a unique double-helix green space – totaling almost 3.7 million square feet of developed property.
TMC3 Campus at a Glance
TMC3 will enable innovators from healthcare, science, academia, government, industry, manufacturing, and the not-for-profit sector to collaborate on new medicines, medical devices, diagnostic and digital health platforms, and treatment solutions. A world-class, life science complex across 37 acres, TMC3 will offer:
A $5.4 Billion Economic Impact
TMC3 Bioresearch Campus’ economic advantages will be extraordinary. Each year, the State of Texas will benefit from an ongoing annual impact of $5.4 billion. Nearly 23,000 permanent new Harris County jobs will drive that gain, representing virtually all industries, pay scales, tax levels, and educational backgrounds. Not to mention the 17,000+ construction jobs that will help bring the TMC3 vision to life.
Economic Impact: TMC3 BioResearch Campus
Construction Impacts1
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Ongoing Annual Impacts2
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Construction Jobs3
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Total Permanent Jobs4
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2. Includes direct, indirect, and induced impacts of the anticipated land uses within the Project.
3. Employment includes both full-time and part-time workers summed over the entire construction period of each land use.
4. Reflects Stabilized Operational employment for the Project assuming a frictional vacancy rate and 10 years of Investment
Fund operations. Employment includes both full and part time workers.
TMC3 BioResearch Campus at a Glance
TMC3 is ideally located within the Texas Medical Center, with TMC institutions and experts just minutes away.
TMC3 Collaborative Building
The Collaborative Building is the cornerstone of our life sciences initiative, providing a synergistic, state-of the-art environment for the research of four TMC3 founding institutions: TMC, MDA, UTHS and A&M. Designed by worldrenowned Elkus Manfredi Architects, the TMC3 Collaborative Building is the first shared tenant building on the TMC campus. It provides 187,000-square feet of space across four floors, with research facilities, wet labs, office space, shared core labs, open spaces for impromptu idea sharing, a lecture hall for TED talks and other programs, and ground-level retail – all facing TMC3 Helix Gardens.
TMC3 Hotel
The TMC3 hotel will serve as home for life science researchers, industry executives, and venture capitalists helping to make Houston the global leader in life sciences and human health.
TMC3 Helix Gardens
TMC3 Helix Gardens is a first-of-its-kind green space in the heart of the Texas Medical Center. The Gardens’ distinct double-helix landscape will be open to the public, providing TMC personnel and all of Houston with a beautiful natural retreat – and an iconic city park.
Designed by award-winning international landscape architect and artist Mikyoung Kim, Helix Gardens will offer lush lawns, grassy knolls, abundant tree canopies, curved walking paths, water features, cafés, and a central garden for outdoor receptions, concerts, graduations, and other large-scale events.