Brigham and Women’s Hospital on Thursday unveiled the newest addition to its campus, a $475 million building that will put patients, doctors, and scientists under one roof.
The 11-story Building for Transformative Medicine includes new outpatient clinics in areas where Brigham officials expect to see growth: orthopedics, rheumatology, and neurology. That includes things like joint problems, arthritis, and Alzheimer’s.
With 383,000 square feet, the building also houses several new imaging machines, including a roughly $7 million state-of-the-art MRI scanner that can identify hard-to-see abnormalities in the brain.
About 950 people will work in the building, at 60 Fenwood Road, which opens to patients Monday. Brigham executives said it was designed to encourage a “water cooler effect” between people who work in research and those who work in patient care. In the past, research and patient care have been in separate buildings.
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Despite the facility’s price tag, hospital officials say they will save about $18 million in annual real estate costs by moving employees there from leased spaces. Some of the building costs were supported by philanthropy.
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