Completed in December 2024, the new Cooper Green Mercy Health building, part of the UAB Health System, provides modern, high-quality ambulatory care to all Jefferson County residents, regardless of their ability to pay. This five-story, 211,000-square-foot facility offers a range of services, including primary and specialty care clinics, urgent care, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, laboratory services, imaging, and a pharmacy.

Business Interiors, selected by the Owner/Architect/Contractor group, collaborated with Gresham Smith, the A+D firm, from the beginning of the 24-month furniture selection process. This collaboration involved multiple healthcare manufacturer showroom visits for product evaluation. The BI team provided ongoing budget updates as Gresham Smith firm developed its product and finish selections.

The project scope included furnishing solutions for all areas of the facility: primary and specialty care clinics, urgent care, therapy areas, laboratory and pharmacy (including specialized furniture), staff offices and workstations, an executive suite with a boardroom, community teaching classrooms (including a test kitchen), break rooms, staff lounges, mother’s rooms, clinic waiting rooms, the concourse lounge, and all other waiting areas.

The result is a healthcare facility that meets the needs of its patients while highlighting that thoughtful and finely tuned design decisions are not exclusive to for-profit facilities.

Photography by: Chad Baumer