Belmont University Celebrated the Topping-Out of ESa-designed, Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine Building
Our Belmont University – Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine team recently celebrated the topping-out of the new college in Nashville, Tenn., placing the final beam for the under-construction facility, estimated to be complete in Spring 2024.
The College is named in honor of healthcare icon Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Jr., former Air Force surgeon, physician and co-founder of HCA Healthcare.
The new, six-story, 210,530-square-foot facility, complete with four levels of subterranean parking, opens up a new zone on Belmont’s campus. Within the healthcare corridor, one block from the Gordon E. Inman Center and McWhorter Hall, the facility has been designed to create a fully interdisciplinary educational experience.
With the future of learning as a key design driver, the new facility showcases a state-of-the-art 66,306-square-foot interprofessional Simulation Center—one of the most comprehensive in the nation—which will utilize virtual and augmented reality as part of its simulated offerings. Additional spaces include a 192-seat tiered collaborative learning theater, two 208-seat flexible multi-use learning studios, collaborative student group rooms and, student oriented open space. The new college of medicine will also feature a virtual reality lab, a media center and lounge space that opens onto an outdoor patio roof area, along with a 24-hour cafe that opens into a large two-story atrium where students and instructors can gather for individual or group study.