CASE STUDIES
WELLNESS DISTRICT MASTER PLAN (2023), Montgomery County, TX
100 ACRES – VISION: LIVE LEARN WORK PLAY + BE HEALTHY
OBJECTIVES - Future of wellness, healthcare delivery, learning and innovation.
4 interconnected subdistricts, each with its own retail & dining amenities:
1) DISCOVERY DISTRICT
- Satellite University Campus for traditional students + adult learners
- Simulation Hospital – 100,000 Sq. Ft.
- R&D Center – 50,000 Sq. Ft.
- BioSafety Level 2 (BSL2) Research Labs
- Innovation Center / Incubator
- Life Sciences R&D
- Cell & Gene Therapy Development
- Prototyping / Maker Facility
- Clean Hydrogen & Carbon Capture
2) COMMUNITY CARE CENTER
- Regional Outpatient Center (80,000 Sq. Ft. ACC + ASC)
- Free-standing birthing center
- Women’s center
- Sports medicine physician practice
- Ambulatory surgicenter (4OR’s + 1OR dedicated to emergency C-Sections)
4) SHORT-TERM ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL
3) WELLNESS VILLAGE
- Wellness for direct access by the master-planned community
- Primary Care – In Person and/or Follow Up to Telehealth
- RESEARCH to Power Clinical Studies with wearable
- Outreach to surrounding Community
- Condition Management - diabetes, hypertension, obesity
- Behavioral Health Counseling
- Care at Home Support
- Health Plans for lower cost, better outcomes, higher retention
- Wellness Direct to Employers / Employees
OTHER KEY OUTCOMES
More Effective, Targeted Strategy and Marketing Message.
Most zip codes in the wellness district’s surrounding service area had seen an increase in the level of employer-sponsored health insurance as a percentage of covered lives and overall population; however, within the zip code where the wellness district is located had increased the most, unbeknownst to the landowner, of all zip codes during the most recent 5-year period.
This discovery, as well as other similar findings, were enlightening and added much color and greater effectiveness to the overall marketing message resulting in the successful recruitment of a local major health system to engage in the development planning of a regional outpatient center, including a free-standing birthing center, women’s center, and sports medicine practice with ambulatory surgery center.
The master planning and marketing messaging we developed also led directly to the execution of a memorandum of understanding with the 4-year state university to create a development plan for the Discovery District, which was a 15-acre subdistrict within the overall 100-acre Wellness District.
TEXAS A&M INNOVATION PLAZA
Mr. Laher served as the Senior Executive Officer in charge of the Texas A&M Innovation Plaza Horizon Tower TMC | Houston, a mixed use life science campus located at the gateway intersection of the Texas Medical Center. The campus is dedicated to advancing knowledge and cultivating the brightest minds in science, medicine, technology and engineering. The project, as the largest public-private-partnership (P3) ever located outside College Station for TAMU ($500,000,000 project size), consists of 2,000,000 square feet and includes:
HORIZON TOWER 485,000 SF, 17-story MOB, biomedical / life sciences tower
13-level, 2,600-car (1,000,000sf) parking garage
Under Construction (06/01/21 Start / Parking Garage podium delivered 10/2022)
Pictured Below: LIFE TOWER (Student Housing) 714 beds / 19 stories / Opened 07/2022
T-Mobile Tower, Houston, Texas (pictured below)
KAISER PERMANENTE PREMIER HEALTH PLAZA
AMBULATORY CARE CENTER
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO
Craig Laher was Executive In-Charge of the Premier Health Plaza redevelopment due to his re-leasing this 100,000 square foot ambulatory care center to: Kaiser Permanente, Surgery Partners ASC, and the VA Clinic. Kaiser’s is the largest space (30,000 SF) leased by Kaiser in Colorado Springs in the 10 three years. Mr. Laher later sold this asset to a national healthcare REIT.
Kaiser Permanente signage, Colorado Springs as redeveloped by Craig Laher as Executive In-Charge
Below: Kaiser Permanente Premier Health Plaza ambulatory care center, Colorado Springs, CO
In addition, Mr. Laher sold the naming rights, sourced and negotiated the T-Mobile lease in Houston’s Greenway Plaza submarket. When initially assigned to the building it was 39% leased. Now, as the T-Mobile sign has been erected atop the re-named “T-Mobile Tower” with T-Mobile occupying four (4) floors, the building was a sold upon stabilization to HTA by Mr. Laher.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Bass Pro Shops / Atlanta Braves AA Stadium, Bloomfield Development, Jackson, MS
Tenet / Texas Tech University Transmountain Campus, El Paso, TX (Craig Laher, Executive In-Charge)
