Ground Broken on MOB for Central Health in Austin, Texas

Ground has been broken on a $37-million, 32,000-square-foot medical office building for Central Health in Austin, Texas. The project sits within the Colony Park community in East Austin, set to provide vital health services to nearby residents. Hoar Construction is serving as the general contractor on the project, which is set to be completed by summer 2027.

Called Colony Park Health & Wellness Center, the four-story MOB will include a dental office on the fourth floor, patient care rooms on the third floor and will house a pharmacy, lab and kitchen on the second floor. The first floor will hold the utilities and mechanical equipment, and the project team will also build a two-story parking garage attached to the building.

The facility is being built into the side of a hill in the Colony Park development, creating ground-level access on both the lower, first and second floors, while the fourth level is connected internally by stairs. This unique design requires extensive earthwork and complex site coordination early in construction. Hoar is also incorporating an onsite water reuse system into the project, designed to collect stormwater runoff in a large cistern within the parking structure for irrigation use. The system includes purple piping designated for reclaimed water and aligns with sustainability initiatives encouraged by Austin Water.

Additional project partners include HKS, Datum Rios and Moose Engineers.