A new home for Alpert Medical School.

On April 26, 2010, a “groundbreaking” ceremony celebrated the start of construction that will culminate in the opening of a new Alpert Medical School building in August 2011. This project will represent the first dedicated space for Brown’s medical school since its founding thirty-five years ago. The facility is being constructed within an existing building at 222 Richmond Street in Providence’s Jewelry District. Thus, the project offers the potential not only to benefit the medical school but also the city and state by contributing to the revitalization of downtown Providence.