Tearing Down the Walls

Officials gathered Tuesday to launch the renovation of a new center that will facilitate marketing and development of medical devices. 

U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development John Fernandez joined people with Georgia Tech and other organizations for a kick-off event on Aug. 2. 

The center will be housed in an existing 12,000-square-foot facility at 755 14th Street in Midtown.

The Global Center for Medical Innovation will be the first of its kind in the Southeast. The facility will foster next-generation medical devices and technology used in universities, hospitals, companies and other places.

Georgia Tech, Piedmont Hospital, Saint Joseph’s Translational Research Institute and the Georgia Research Alliance are partners on the project, which has been awarded $3.6 million in federal and state grants. 

The center should open by the end of the year.