Texas A&M names $550M TMC campus in Houston

The Texas A&M University System’s $550 million campus adjacent to Houston’s Texas Medical Center will be called Texas A&M Innovation Plaza.

The name was announced May 18, but plans for the campus were announced in February and date back to at least 2017.

The 5-acre campus is at the intersection of Holcombe Boulevard and Main Street. Texas A&M first acquired an 18-story office building at 1020 Holcombe Blvd. in 2017 for $145 million. That building was purchased to house the two-degree EnMed program,…