Galveston County Daily News, May 16, 2008 UTMB won approval Thursday to build a $61 million specialty medical center in League City, marking its largest single investment on the mainland as it extends its reach toward more paying patients. The UT System Board of Regents' unanimous approval allows the medical branch, which operates its main campus and teaching hospital on the island, to move ahead with construction of a 110,000-square-foot facility on 35 acres near Interstate 45, FM 646 and the Victory Lakes subdivision.