Heart & Spine Chapel in Dallas, TX

The Medical City Heart Hospital project on North Central Expressway in Dallas involves a $472,689 interior renovation to create a dedicated chapel space. Filed under the name Heart & Spine Chapel, this alteration affects just 220 square feet of the facility located at 11970 North Central Expressway, Dallas, TX 75230. The owner of record, Columbia Hospital Medical City Dallas, has engaged Guide Architecture to provide construction documents and administration services for the reconfiguration. This specific scope of work distinguishes the project from broader structural changes, focusing entirely on the interior layout to establish a quiet, dedicated area within the hospital campus.

Project Scope and Financials

The estimated cost for this compact renovation is $472,689, resulting in a cost per square foot of $2149. This figure is significantly above the Dallas County median of $73 per square foot for renovation and alteration projects. While the total project cost of $472,689 is above the county median of $250,000 for its type, the physical scale is small, covering only 220 square feet compared to the county median size of 4,224 square feet. The project is privately funded on private land for private use, with no public funding sources involved in the construction process.

Schedule and Registration Status

Registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) in June 2026, the project has a registered accessibility specialist, Glenn Thomas Comtois, overseeing compliance. Plan review was completed in August 2026, and construction is scheduled to finish in October 2026, with work starting August 2026. This scheduled build window of 67 days is shorter than the county median of 92 days for similar projects. The TDLR status is listed as Review Complete, indicating that the administrative phase has concluded and the project is ready for physical execution.

Guide Architecture has six other TDLR-registered projects totaling $10,332,809, including work at Baylor University Medical Center and Baylor Scott & White Medical Center locations. Columbia Hospital Medical City Dallas has one other registered project, Medical City of Dallas Heart and Spine, totaling $2,000,000. The surrounding ZIP code 75230 has a median household income of $109,864 and a median owner-occupied home value of $870,000 according to U.S. Census ACS 2023 estimates. Dallas County unemployment was 3 percent in August 2026.