Central Park Surgery Center Equipment Upgrade

The Austin Heart Central Park Building at 900 W. 38th Street, Suite 200, in Austin, Texas, underwent a targeted interior alteration registered with TDLR in January 2022. The project, filed as the Central Park Surgery Center Equipment Upgrade, involved the renovation of an existing sterilization room. This 1,549 sq ft scope of work included new equipment and the associated mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. The estimated cost for this renovation was $400,000, equating to $258 per square foot.

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. is the owner of record for this project, which is privately funded on private land for private use. The design firm of record is Studio Eles, LLC. Construction was scheduled to begin in March 2022, with a planned completion date of May 2022. TDLR completed the plan review in January 2022. Although the scheduled completion date has passed, TDLR has not yet recorded a final inspection, so the current state of the site is not confirmed in the public record.

Project Scale and Context

This renovation was part of a broader portfolio for Healthcare Trust of America, which has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $2,586,852. These include facilities in Amarillo, Frisco, and McKinney. Studio Eles, LLC has designed six other projects totaling $10,597,087, including the Austin Surgical Plaza and Medical Towers at Onion Creek. In Travis County, the median estimated cost for similar renovation filings is $297,008. This project’s cost is above the county median, while its scheduled build window of 61 days is shorter than the county median of 98 days.

The project is located in the Windsor Road area of Travis County. Nearby businesses include Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin and Central Market. According to U.S. Census estimates for ZIP code 78705, the area has a population of about 32,937 and a median household income of $30,336. Housing in this area is predominantly renter-occupied, with a median owner-occupied home value of $627,900. The Travis County unemployment rate was 3.9 percent in July 2026.

City of Austin permit records show 11 permits on file at this street address between April 2024 and May 2026. These include electrical, building, plumbing, and mechanical permits. The most recent permit described a seven-day replacement of an existing emergency diesel generator. Other permits referenced interior renovation to a portion of an existing ambulatory surgery center. These records at this address may include other tenants or suites and do not exclusively confirm the status of the specific Suite 200 project described in the TDLR filing.