Bill McKeon, President and CEO, Texas Medical Center, speaks during the grand opening ceremony of the TMC3 Collaborative Building, a new 250,000-square-foot space, at Texas Medical Center Helix Park on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023 in Houston. Helix Park, a first-of-its-kind translational research initiative on a 37-acre campus designed to foster collaboration among healthcare, life science, and business professionals. Helix Park combines existing academic and healthcare institutions located on the TMC Medical Campus with commercial enterprises in shared and proprietary research centers and multidisciplinary labs all positioned around a unique double-helix green space. The campus will include a hotel and conference center, residential tower, industry buildings retail, and restaurants in future phases.

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