UT Medical Center shifts from downtown to Northwest Austin

The Dell Medical School will anchor the new University of Texas Medical Center in Northwest Austin. (Courtesy University of Texas at Austin/Dell Medical School)

Officials confirmed Feb. 18 that the University of Texas Medical Center will be located in Northwest Austin rather than at the former Erwin Center site downtown.

“As our two institutions continued to work collaboratively over the last year, it became apparent that the proposed Erwin Center location would not be as conducive to the fully integrated, patient-centered approach that was being envisioned, and there would be limits to future growth on that,” UT Board of Regents chairman Kevin Eltife said at a Feb. 18 board meeting…

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