St. David’s HealthCare announced plans to invest $275 million into the Central Texas healthcare infrastructure during the next two years, reports Community Impact.

St. David’s plans include a new hospital in North Austin, a $50 million expansion at St. David’s South Austin Medical Center, a $70 million expansion at St. David’s Medical Center and a $20 million investment for a new hospital in Leander.

“Very recently we’ve reached a point [at our existing facilities] where we’re at or about to exceed capacity,” said president and CEO David Huffstutler. “We work very hard to provide the best in care and service, … and I think this is largely a response to the demand we’ve seen from [the community]. They’ve specifically voted with their feet, and that’s why we have the capacity restraints we have today.”

Currently with more than 8,700 employees, the company plans to hire approximately 600 new employees at its North Austin hospital.  

St. David’s plans to invest $20 million to build an 11,200-sq.-ft. emergency department in Leander, as well as a medical office building and 80-bed hospital with mroe than 200 more employees.

“We expect that very soon we will be developing plans for the full-service hospital in that community,” Huffstutler added. “It has been good to work with the city so far."