Justin Tower Vertical Expansion Breaks Ground in Fort Worth

Construction has begun on the $250 million Justin Tower Vertical Expansion at 1301 Pennsylvania Ave. in Fort Worth. Texas Health Resources is adding four floors to the existing eight-story Jane and John Justin Tower. HKS is the architect. A 'Sky Breaking Ceremony' marked the start on Oct. 15, 2026.

The 170,000-square-foot expansion adds floors 9 through 12. Floors 11 and 12 will house the Jane and John Justin Center for Women and Infants, with a labor and delivery unit, nursery, dedicated operating rooms, and antepartum, postpartum and gynecology rooms. Floors 9 and 10 will remain unfinished shell space. The tower stays operational during construction, with completion expected in 2029.

Campus work includes relocating the Obstetric Emergency Department into Justin Tower with a dedicated entrance. A separate project finishing floors 4 and 5 adds 71 patient rooms and a Surgical Trauma Progressive Care Unit, with those floors expected to open in 2026. After the expansion, the NICU in Jones Tower will add 32 private beds for a total of 86, opening in 2030.

A naming gift from the Jane & John Justin Foundation supports the expansion, building on its 2019 gift. The original Justin Tower opened in April 2022 with 144 patient beds and 15 surgical suites.