Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health today opened a $5 million medical building in Randallstown in Baltimore County. The 13,800-square foot Liberty Center marks the first phase of a larger expansion project for the system's Northwest Hospital that is estimated to cost between $20 million and $25 million, according to the Baltimore Business Journal.
Liberty Center houses an ExpressCare urgent care center, as well as offices for primary care physicians and specialists. ExpressCare is the lead tenant of the new medical building and includes eight exam rooms, an on-site X-ray machine and some laboratory testing. The urgent care center will be open seven days per week and begin seeing its first patients Feb. 29.
Included in the larger expansion plan for Northwest Hospital is a 45,000-square-foot medical building that will concentrate on treating chronic health conditions, including heart failure, diabetes and pulmonary disease. The medical building will also serve as the home base for a new health education program LifeBridge is developing with Baltimore County Public Schools.
LifeBridge purchased two outdated office buildings and two distressed houses located between Liberty Center and Northwest Hospital. It plans to demolish them to build the new medical center.