Shriners Children’s to open $153M medical research facility in Atlanta

Atlanta – The non -profit organization that operates Hospitals for Children Shriners across North America will locate a 153 million dollars medical research in Atlanta, the group announced on Wednesday.

Shriners Children’s Research Institute intends to conduct research on cellular and genic therapies, other biotechnological therapies, robotics, artificial intelligence, medical devices and data study.

Shriners Children’s operates 17 hospitals in the United States and one in Mexico and Canada, as well as clinics. The system belongs to Shriners International, a Masonic order. He specializes in the treatment of children with orthopedic problems, burns, urology disorders and craniofacial conditions, in particular lips and palaces. Although the organization accepts insurance payments, he says he treats patients regardless of their ability to pay.

The Institute projects that it will have 470 employees, and Georgia Tech said that it would be the largest tenant in Science Square. It is a mixed development development that Georgia Tech develops with the Trammell Crow Co.

Georgia Tech has the land adjacent to its campus near the city center of Atlanta, while the company built laboratories that opened last year. The development aims to imitate the success of Georgia Tech in joint developments with technological companies in the Atlanta Midtown district. This technological sector has been a major growth in Atlanta in recent years, and those responsible are now trying to strengthen the growth in biomedical research.

“The close partnership with exceptional biomedical engineers and scientists of Georgia Tech and Emory University will accelerate the discovery and spearhead of new treatments and therapies,” said Dr. Marc Lalande, vice-president of the research programs for Shriners.

The state and local governments provide incentives to Shriners’ children, although it is not exactly clear how it would work because non -profit organizations are generally exempt from income and equity taxes. In Georgia, non -profit organizations must pay sales taxes, which means that the State could give up these tax purchases. Jessica Atwell, spokesperson for the Georgia Department of Economic Development, said the State will not publish documents until they are finalized.