A NEW CHAPTER FOR THE SOUTH TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER
Introducing Ministry Park
Ministry Park is a new real estate initiative of Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc. (MHM), created to enhance access to care and elevate an experience of renewal for patients, staff and residents of the South Texas Medical Center. Expertly managed through the recently formed MHM RealCo, a subsidiary company of MHM, Ministry Park is a thoughtfully phased, mixed-use development that will result in an exceptional place where all can thrive. The foundation and future for Ministry Park are encapsulated within the singular mission of both MHM and MHM RealCo: Serving Humanity to Honor God.
our vision
A place where all can thrive
Ministry Park is being designed to be a place where rest becomes restoration, where the rhythms of the South Texas Medical Center are softened by shade trees, native gardens, and gathering spaces — and where patients, staff, and residents alike have somewhere to find nourishing resources and rejuvenation, whenever they need it.
guiding principles
Built around the people who use it
Rooted in place
Design reflective of South Texas
Mission-aligned
Nurtures full potential — body, mind, and spirit
AccessibilitY
for all
All will feel welcome and comfortable
Community-shaped
Informed by input from professionals, patients and residents
Phased and patient
Built and curated with purpose and stewardship
site
In the heart of the South Texas Medical Center
Roughly 16 acres bounded by Wurzbach Road, Floyd Curl Drive, and Medical Drive—adjacent to MHM’s headquarters and within walking distance of one of the nation’s largest concentrations of healing, teaching, and research. Over time, the site will include a hotel, future office and institutional space, residential and retail uses, a public park, and a greenway trail.
phase one now underway
The first pieces of Ministry Park
Phase One includes a hotel, park, and the first stretch of streetscape along Wurzbach Road.
a dual-branded hotel
Home2 Suites & Hilton Garden Inn
A 250+ room dual-branded hotel anchors Phase One, designed by Red Dot Studios for the Medical Center community — families staying close to a loved one in care, medical professionals between shifts, visiting clinicians and researchers, and the broader public.
Public spaces — restaurant, bar, lounge, and meeting rooms — are designed as gathering rooms for the medical center community, not just amenities for hotel guests.
a public park and streetscape
A green respite in the Medical Center
Designed by TBG Partners, the park is 15,000 square feet of public, accessible green space — a 2,400 sf central lawn for gatherings of up to 150 people, a shaded arrival plaza, nature exploration areas, a rain garden, a water feature, and a boardwalk.
The streetscape at the entrance along Wurzbach Road adds shade trees, pedestrian lighting, benches, and specialty paving — a more walkable, more humane edge to a busy medical center.
~15,000 SF
of public park
2,400 SF
central lawn
Lawn event
capacity: 150
Native
South Texas
Plantings
THE ROAD AHEAD
Future phases, shaped by the community
Future phases will respond to the Medical Center community and will be informed by community engagement, market research, and the same guiding principles that shape Phase One — which may include additional public and green space, retail and commercial uses, office and institutional space, and residential development, all connected by a planned greenway trail linking to the existing hike and bike trail network throughout the South Texas Medical Center.
In good company
A community already at work
Ministry Park sits at the heart of the South Texas Medical Center, surrounded by UT Health Mays Cancer Center, UT Health Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Methodist Hospital Specialty & Transplant, St. Luke’s Baptist Hospital, and Methodist Healthcare Ministries’ headquarters — one of the largest concentrations of healing, teaching, and research in the country. Ministry Park is being built to serve and to belong to this community.
