Planning commission calls for public hearing on proposed Hospitality Health micro-hospital near H‑E‑B

The City of Lake Jackson Planning Commission voted to call a public hearing to consider amending the Oak Woods Planned Unit Development ordinance No. 16-2109 to allow a hospital use for a proposed Hospitality Health facility at Lake Jackson Town Center Reserve B, at the corner of Grapevine Turn and Centerway.

The change would permit a ground-up, specialty hospital and emergency department that project architect Alan Swift described as a roughly 18,700-square-foot, single-story building designed with the structural ability to add a second floor later. "Good evening. I'm Alan Swift with Highcamp Swift Architects. We are the architect of record for the project," Swift told the commission, and said the facility would be treated under state code as a specialty hospital because it will not include surgery but will provide…