McAllen $24M health campus expansion underway

​​​​McALLEN – South Texas College started construction of its $24 million expansion of the Dr. Ramiro B. Casso Nursing and Allied Health Campus. 

The new construction on land donated by the City of McAllen at McColl Rd. and Ridge Rd. will help accommodate new and expanded nursing and allied health training programs with a hospital simulation center and a new library.

According to​ The Monitor newspaper​, the building will be 90,000 sf.

ERO Architects designed the projects and the general contractor is D. Wilson Construction Co. Funding for the project comes from the $159 million bond election passed by voters in 2013.​