Dallas County has officially opened the new Dallas County Health and Human Services BSL-3 Public Health Laboratory, a $52 million, 63,000-SF facility near the Dallas Medical District.
Developed in a public-private partnership with Hunt Real Estate & Infrastructure, the laboratory gives Dallas County a modern public health infrastructure and positions the county to detect, contain, and respond to health threats “faster than ever before.”
“For years, our public health laboratory operated out of a basement—a space never designed for the work we were asking it to do,” Dallas County Commissioner Dr. Elba Garcia said in a statement. “Today, Dallas County has the facility its residents have always deserved—one that will help us detect threats faster, contain outbreaks sooner, and respond to tomorrow’s unknowns with the scientific capability this community expects.”…