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Helix Park at Texas Medical Center, the integration of retail and hospitality into the world’s largest medical campus

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RDC is collaborating with Texas Medical Center (TMC) to integrate experiential retail and hospitality into the world’s largest medical campus. The solution is to create a district that activates and provides human-scale to the ground-level areas via a helix-shaped chain of six parks. The space is envisioned to successfully merge state-of-the-art facilities with active programming and diverse entertainment to create the world’s most comprehensive life science ecosystem. Helix Park is a manifestation of TMC’s mission to accelerate the pace of healing further and continue to better millions of lives.

Helix Park is a unique campus, with an unbeatable central location in the heart of Houston. TMC is a world-class destination that is readily available to locals and visitors. The campus is just west of Highway 288 and is entirely serviced by the METRORail Red Line for quick access from every part of the city. The six parks extend throughout this campus and offer a fully curated experience of programmed gathering areas. The retail destination features shops, unique culinary experiences with outdoor patios, fitness opportunities, entertainment venues, and public amenities. Serving Houstonians, the medical community, and visitors from everywhere, Helix Park is a manifestation of TMC’s mission to accelerate the pace of healing further and continue to better millions of lives.

RDC is collaborating with Texas Medical Center (TMC) to integrate experiential retail and hospitality into the world’s largest medical campus. The solution is to create a district that activates and provides human-scale at the ground-level areas via a helix-shaped chain of six parks. These parks extend throughout this campus and offer a fully curated experience of programmed gathering areas. The retail destination features shops, unique culinary experiences with outdoor patios, a major fitness club and specialized fitness studios, entertainment venues, and public amenities. This district is created for daily visitors to TMC, including researchers, doctors, professionals, and patients, as well as to attract repeat visits from members of the diverse communities of the greater Houston area. Everything at Helix Park inspires connectivity and well-being, echoing TMC's goal of shaping a healthier, more connected world.

“Four respected healthcare entities have joined together to transform former parking lots into Helix Park, a $1.5 billion, 37-acre life science campus designed as an anchor for medicine, science, academia and commerce to develop research breakthroughs and scientific discoveries and attract a life science, biotech, and innovation economy to Houston.”

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 Houston, Texas
 Texas, USA
 Texas Medical Center
 Retail, Commercial, Community Hub
 06/2025
 11427 mq
 Confidential
 RDC
 RDC
 RDC

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