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the original facility there was actually three versions the first one was in 1914 the second one that we're moving from the current one was built in 1954 and so this is really version 3 the hospital asked us to create a facility for them that it was a modern icon for Dallas they wanted something that was a hospital of choice not a hospital of necessity so with our existing facility quite frankly we've just outgrown it it's 50 years old and we're climbing all over each other one of things that Parkland focused on when building this building was creating an area that family could really be involved in the care of the patient all of our patient rooms are now single patient rooms which is not a luxury we have at the existing facility there are a lot of unique aspects to this building the cantilever design is is one of them that you know will be talked about for years to come just how much of it is exposed to natural light and that all of the patient spaces are pushed to the exterior to whe