A&M System purchases 5.5 acres in Houston’s medical district

​​​COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents this week authorized the purchase of an 18-story building on 5.5 acres at 1020 Holcombe Blvd. in Houston.

The property is across the street from the Texas Medical Center and next to the Texas A&M Health Science ​Center’s Institute of Biosciences and Technology.

The Holcombe facility will serve the university’s EnMed partnership with Houston Methodist Hospital.

EnMed is an engineering medical school option to "educate a new kind of doctor who will create transformational technology for health care," according to an A&M System press release.