Many of the medical school's programs in its Commonwealth Medicine division are currently located in leased space and would be relocated to the new building. The school is also currently in the process of doing the design work to replace the façade and window system on the 1.55 million-sf medical school building, which also houses a hospital operated by University of Massachusetts Memorial Health Care. Throughout the three-to-five-year project, the new building will provide temporary space to staff, services and programs that will be temporarily displaced. The school plans on moving into the building in the spring.

This building on Century Drive was developed by St. Pierre Development as the first phase of Worcester Corporate Center. The 87-acre Center is located near Route 290 here and in West Boylston, Massachusetts. It has 40 acres remaining that are fully permitted and approved for 515,000 sf of office, research and development, biotech and manufacturing space. Mass Materials Research, Inc. is in the process of building a 22,000 sf corporate headquarters at the Center and Airis Corporation is building an 88,500 sf "City Station" for Federal Express on a third parcel in the park.

Meredith & Grew vice presidents John A. Carroll III and Robert E. Cronin represented the sellers in the sale.