Rapid growth along the I-35 corridor was a primary factor for a major medical employer to announce the arrival of a new clinic to open in Kyle later this year.

Baylor Scott & White Heath, which opeates a system of 48 hospitals and has more than 44,000 employees, announced construction has begun on a 7,285 square-foot primary care clinic that will be located in the 4000 block of Cromwell Drive, off FM 1626 near the Plum Creek golf course.

The facility, which is slated to open in Fall 2017, will...