BROOKHAVEN, GA. — On Sunday, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) is set to open Arthur M. Blank Hospital, a 2 million-square-foot children’s hospital located in the northeastern Atlanta suburb of Brookhaven. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that development costs for the facility, which is situated at the heart of CHOA’s new North Druid Hills campus, totaled approximately $1.5 billion. Arthur M. Blank Hospital rises 19 stories on a 70-acre site at the corner of I-85 and North Druid Hills Road. The new facility offers 446 patient beds, a 70,000 square-foot emergency department with 69 emergency exam rooms and a level one pediatric trauma center — the only dedicated one in Georgia, according to CHOA. The new hospital is named after Arthur Blank, one of the founders of The Home Depot and the current owner of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United professional sports teams. The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation made a $200 million donation to help fund the cost of the new hospital. The property also offers amenities for patients and their families, such as lounges, libraries, child life activity rooms, a business center and laundry facilities and kitchenettes on every floor. The building cafeteria, dubbed The Eatery, will provide patient …
