North McKinney is finally getting a full-service hospital of its own, although residents will have to wait until 2028 to walk through the doors. Texas Health Resources plans to build a hospital campus on roughly 51 acres in northeast McKinney near U.S. 75 and Laud Howell Parkway. The campus is expected to open with about 60 inpatient beds and a women’s services center that includes labor and delivery and a neonatal intensive care unit, along with an emergency department, surgical suites, cardiology services and advanced imaging. System officials say the project will grow Texas Health’s footprint in northern Collin County and bring new jobs to the area.
In a press release shared through Community Impact, Texas Health described the McKinney development as a hospital and medical office building that will mark its northernmost investment in Collin County. The system highlighted its existing North Texas presence, citing 29 hospital locations, more than 4,400 hospital beds, about 6,400 physicians and nearly 29,000 employees, and framed the McKinney facility as a way to serve fast-growing nearby cities such as Princeton, Anna and Melissa. The release cast the project as part of a larger push to bring advanced medical care and emergency services closer to families across the region.
Josh Floren, Texas Health’s Hospital Channel chief operating officer, told The Dallas Morning News that the building is being designed with future growth in mind, with an initial seven-story structure that starts out at about 60 beds. “The growth has gotten to a point where it can fully support Texas Health putting a hospital in that community,” Floren said. He added that the project remains in the design phase and that the system has not yet set a groundbreaking date.
What Zoning Allows
McKinney City Council signed off on two zoning requests for the project at a Dec. 2, 2025 meeting, creating a planned development district that caps building height at 210 feet, or 12 stories. City planning documents in the rezoning packet showed a conceptual stacking plan that starts with a first phase of a five-story hospital and leaves room for vertical expansion up to the full 12 stories allowed under the planned development. The zoning changes also open adjacent land for medical-office and multifamily uses that would support a broader campus buildout. Community Impact reported on the city documents and council action.
Why It Matters For McKinney
Putting a major hospital campus in north McKinney is expected to shorten drives for residents who often travel south for tertiary care and maternity services, while also taking pressure off other nearby hospitals. The system told The Dallas Morning News that the McKinney site should bring a few hundred jobs, and it compared the project with its Forney campus, which officials have pegged at roughly $320 million. Local planning coverage indicates the McKinney hospital will join Texas Health locations in Allen, Frisco and Plano as the area continues to add housing and families; D Magazine has followed the system’s regional expansions and the broader buildout of hospital capacity across Collin County.
Timeline And What Comes Next
The McKinney project is still in the design stage, and Texas Health has not released cost estimates or a detailed construction schedule. With zoning already approved in the Dec. 2, 2025 council vote, developers must still secure permits and complete grading and site work before a 2028 opening can be locked in. System officials say they will share more specifics as plans move forward. Nearby residents and local developers, meanwhile, say they will be watching municipal filings in the coming months for grading and building permits that signal the hospital is shifting from plans on paper to steel in the ground.
