Expansion set for Shock Trauma, inpatient center

A concrete pad the size of a city block in downtown Baltimore marks a change in the University of Maryland Medical Center’s long-planned project and a change in coming health care demands.

The pad on Lombard Street between Greene and Paca streets and the parking garage beneath it will be the only signs, for now, of a $350 million outpatient tower abandoned by the hospital last month in favor of more critical needs.