Collin College Frisco Health Sciences Center Topped Out, Opening January 2027

Collin College has pushed forward construction on a new Health Sciences Center at its Frisco Campus and launched a live feed to let the public track progress. The college says the three-story, roughly 120,000-square-foot building is set to open January 2027, a development officials frame as a key expansion of local healthcare training capacity.

The project reached a major milestone when the final beam was placed during a topping-out ceremony on Dec. 3, 2025, an event that included college and city officials and photographs credited to Sara Carpenter of Collin College. The college’s LinkedIn post announcing the placement thanked project partners directly: "Thank you to PBK, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., and AECOM for their incredible work!"

College project materials and procurement records describe the construction as part of an overall effort estimated at roughly $70–72 million. Separate procurement records show a guaranteed maximum construction price of about $55 million was approved in mid-2025. The two figures represent different pieces of the budget; the college has provided planning documents and public updates but has not published a single consolidated cost summary that reconciles the estimates and the GMP.

Program plans inside the new building are laid out floor by floor. Radiology, imaging, and sonography programs will occupy the first floor; nursing and physical therapy programs are slated for the second floor. A third-floor shell will remain unfinished for now, reserved for programs the college expects to launch as demand grows. The facility will include hands-on simulation technology, labs, and advanced imaging capabilities intended to anchor several of Collin College’s fastest-growing health programs.

PBK is listed as the architect, McCarthy Building Companies as the construction manager, and AECOM as the owner’s representative. McCarthy senior vice president Matthew Schrodel, a Collin College alumnus, said contributing to the campus’s next major facility "felt like coming full circle." The college’s social updates drew enthusiastic responses from industry partners and team members.

The Frisco Campus sits along historic Shawnee Trail near Preston Road and Wade Boulevard at 9700 Wade Blvd., Frisco, TX 75035, serving about 17,000 students and already hosting programs such as Culinary Arts, a Bachelor of Applied Technology in Cybersecurity, and a Physical Therapist Assistant program. Campus amenities that support student success include the Frisco Campus Library, The Red Room culinary lab and public restaurant, the Cougar Den and Cougar Cafe, and the Anthony Peterson Center for Academic Assistance, which offers free in-person and online tutoring.

For Collin County residents, the center is intended to enlarge the local pipeline of trained allied health professionals and provide more hands-on clinical training close to home. The project will be worth watching over the next year as construction progresses toward the college’s January 2027 opening target and as leaders reconcile budget documents and final occupancy plans.