The 37,000-square-foot office building will include a storage facility, a storm shelter and parking spaces for about 200 vehicles.
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Dallas County plans to begin construction on a new emergency response center in May at a total cost of $40 million, officials said.
The 37,000-square-foot office building will also include a storage facility, a storm shelter and parking spaces for about 200 vehicles. Construction costs are estimated to be about $26 million, and the project is expected to be completed in about 20 months.
The new EOC will be built on 4.8 acres across three parcels at 1010 W Mockingbird Lane, 7101 Envoy Court and 7141 Envoy Court. Kaizen Development Partners will oversee the project.
Deputy County Executive Jonathan Bazan said in a statement that the new facility will give county judges and emergency management teams a centralized location for communication and decision-making during a crisis and will also serve as a coordination hub with other emergency management agencies. To make room for the new facility, the county will demolish its current approximately 67,000-square-foot office building at 1010 W. Mockingbird Lane and about 12,000 square feet of office space at 7101 Envoy Court.
The estimated cost of $40 million includes site acquisition, construction costs, furniture, fixtures and equipment. Funding for the new building will come from the American Rescue Plan Act.
The Dallas County Emergency Operations Center is currently located in a multi-purpose facility at 2121 Panoramic Circle.
The county purchased the new site in November 2022 for about $6.4 million.
It wasn’t the only location county commissioners considered: The county previously identified a five-acre site at 8733 Stemmons Freeway for about $10.8 million, but a November 2022 report said the seller decided to enter into a long-term lease with the current client.
Elsewhere, the county is building a new $52 million health and human services facility. The 65,040-square-foot project is expected to be completed by August 2025 and will be built near UT Southwestern and Children’s Health’s planned $5 billion children’s hospital.
