Perfect Match
LifeBanc builds new home to enhance organ, tissue recovery in Northeast Ohio

By John Elliott

As Northeast Ohio continues to build its leadership in medical services, specialty organizations such as LifeBanc – Ohio’s largest organ and tissue recovery organization – are becoming more visible in the community. This spring, the nearly 25-year-old non-profit organization moved from its former headquarters at the Tower East building on Chagrin Boulevard in Shaker Heights to its own building, a newly constructed 25,000-square-foot building on the site of the former St. Jude’s Church at 4775 Richmond Road in Warrensville Heights. Located on 4.3 acres, with easy access to Route 422 and I-480, LifeBanc is positioned to save more lives than ever before.

The single-story, cream-colored building with curved exterior walls and extensive parking and landscaping marks a new era for an organization that seeks greater visibility for the important role it serves in Northeast Ohio.

The Silver LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified building has a spiritual theme that resonates via interactive visual media displays in the lobby to its conference rooms and offices, offering a respite to donors and recipients alike. The new building is designed to help strengthen donation recovery efforts and help save, heal and change the lives of those waiting for transplants, and honor the gifts that have been given.

“We wanted to become more visible,” says Gordon Bowen, chief executive officer for LifeBanc. “The new location is centrally located to Northeast Ohio’s organ and tissue donor hospitals and close to our transplant centers.”

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