The Greater Baltimore Medical Center (GBMC) today announced the final beam has been placed in construction of the atrium in the Louis and Phyllis Friedman Building inpatient facility. The three-story, light-filled atrium will act as the new front entrance to the hospital and centerpiece of the inpatient facility, which is phase one of The Promise Project. More than 500 employees and volunteers were invited in late August to be part of GBMC history by signing the beam, which is more than 6 ½ feet long.
The atrium will provide easier navigation into the facility. Kiosks, planting spaces, and lounge furniture serve as guides through the main circulation pathway. Many patient rooms will provide the option of views overlooking the space.
The Louis and Phyllis Friedman Building is a 117,000-square-foot inpatient facility addition that will feature two acute care units with 60 spacious patient rooms, a modern lobby, interfaith chapel, healing garden, conference center, and medical library. It is expected to begin serving patients in November of 2023.
About GBMC HealthCare
The 342-bed, not-for-profit medical center (acute and sub-acute care) is located on a beautiful suburban campus and handles more than 23,000 admissions and over 52,000 emergency room visits annually. Since its founding in 1965, GBMC HealthCare’s accomplishments have validated the vision of GBMC’s founders to combine the best of community and medicine. GBMC’s main campus also includes three medical office buildings — Physicians Pavilion East, Physicians Pavilion West and the William E. Kahlert Physicians Pavilion North. In addition to its main campus located in Towson, GBMC Health Partners primary care practices can be found throughout the community with extended and weekend hours in convenient locations including Hunt Manor, Hunt Valley, Owings Mills, Texas Station, Perry Hall, Joppa Road and Jarrettsville. Gilchrist provides medical care, counseling and support to patients and their families at every stage of serious illness, even well before hospice is needed. Gilchrist serves more than 7,600 patients each year—in homes, residential care communities and other medical settings, and at our three inpatient hospice centers in Towson, Howard County and Baltimore. In addition, Gilchrist provides grief counseling and other bereavement services to 6,500 families throughout Central Maryland.
