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Park Heights Campus Redevelopment

The JCC is thrilled to announce the redevelopment of the Park Heights campus, now renamed the Goldsmith Campus.

What's New

As of March 16, 2025:
As we enter our third phase of construction, the transformation of The Associated’s new Goldsmith Campus is well underway. Starting this March, the campus on Park Heights Avenue will house many of The Associated’s agencies, including the JCC. Associated staff will move into their new headquarters in the building and the Jewish Library of Baltimore will now be located right off the new main entrance to the JCC. During this time, we will also be opening the brand-new Flow Studio for mind/body group fitness classes and our renovated Empower Studio (formerly known as Studio One) for strength and equipment-based classes.

During the next several months, we will be working on major upgrades to our JCC Sports and Wellness facilities. Here’s what’s in the works:

March–Fall 2025

• Renovation of Fitness Center and Locker Rooms
• New larger and renovated Group Fitness Studios
• Fitness services will continue to be available in alternative spaces and some schedule modifications
• Gymnasium will transition into a temporary full-service fitness center
• Enhanced entrance and access to JCC facilities
• State-of-the-art meeting spaces

By Fall/Winter 2025-26

• 5 Group Fitness Studios (2 new, 3 upgraded)
• Fitness Center with new flooring, lighting, and easy access from the lobby
• Fully renovated locker rooms. Ladies’ locker room will finally get its own steam room!
• Renovated gymnasium with new flooring.
• Large drop-in play space

Facility Updates

  • Please note the new main entrance to the building will open late March/early April. In meantime all members, staff and guests must continue to enter through the glass Atrium doors.
  • Accessible Parking will return to the main parking lot close to the new lobby once this entrance reopens.
  • By March 30, 2025: the following new spaces will be open off the new Main Lobby. Wayfinding signs will be in place to direct all visitors from the Atrium to the front of the building.
    • Jewish Library of Baltimore
    • Art Studio
    • The Associated Staff Offices
    • JCC Programming Offices
    • JCC Membership office
    • Meeting Rooms

 

  • March 13-28: The gym will be closed as we get the room ready to house the temporary Fitness Center and Fitness Too.
    • Floor stability needs to be adjusted to handle increased weight of fitness equipment.
    • Racks and other set ups will also be required during this time.
  • March 30–Fall 2025: Gym will be closed for all recreational activities and classes. It will serve exclusively as the temporary home of the Park Heights JCC Fitness Center and Fitness Too, while these lower spaces undergo renovations.
  • Fall 2025–January 2026: The gym floor will be replaced and repainted to include Pickleball court lines.

 

  • March 13-14: There will be a modified group fitness class schedule in place during this time as we transition from the Gymnasium to the new studios.
  • March 16: Two new lower-level studio spaces will open during this time
    •  New FLOW Studio will house all mind/body themed classes -it is located in the two former racquetball courts.
    • Updated EMPOWER Studio (formerly Studio One) will house strength and cardio classes.
    • Starting March 30, these two lower-level studios must be accessed through a stairwell located at the back of the gymnasium. Please follow the wayfinding signs.
      • During this time these studios will not be accessible by elevator, and there will be no restroom access on this level.
  • March 23–Fall 2025: Cycling classes will be held in the Auditorium, off the Atrium lobby on the main level.
  • March 17–Fall 2025: Classes held in the NRG studio will move to new locations.
  • Group Fitness Studio classes will continue to be offered in this location through Spring 2025.
  • March 24-28: Fitness Center & Fitness Too and Personal Training Studio will close so that equipment can be moved up to the Gymnasium.
  • March 30–Fall 2025: Temporary Fitness Center & Fitness Too will open in Gymnasium. Access will be through the new main lobby. Follow signs to the new gym entrance. Fitness Too will be located in the back portion of the gymnasium and will be curtained off for privacy. Please follow wayfinding signs for access.

 

  • March 20-28: Family changing room will be closed and retrofitted to prepare for alternating male/female temporary locker room set up.
  • March 30–Fall 2025: Men’s and Women’s Locker rooms will close for renovations. Including new Steam Room for women.
  • March 30–Fall 2025: Temporary locker room will be set up with male and female only hours with breaks in between for cleaning and change of access.

 

  • March 23-30: New Art Studio and offices for JCC Programming Team opens in front part of building. Follow wayfinding signs.
  • March 23-30: Babysitting and J Play Afternoons will not be available during this time so that furnishings and equipment can be moved from the lower to upper level.
  • March 31–Fall 2025: Babysitting and youth and adult programming will be temporarily housed in Studio J.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

Note this list will continue to be updated. If you have a question that hasn’t been answered yet please fill out the form at the link below.

Phase 3 will start mid-March 2025 with completion expected by early Fall 2025 (see above for details). Phase 4 will focus on the Gymnasium, Auditorium and J Zone. They are expected to be completed by January 2026.

The plan is for our main entrance to return to its original location off our parking lot by Mid-March 2025. In the meantime, all visitors will continue to enter through the cafe atrium.

J Zone, a new drop-in play space, will open on the Park Heights campus by January 2026

The pool will continue to operate throughout construction, however the male and female only swim times will be adjusted while both the men’s and women’s locker rooms are being renovated. During this time the pool schedule will mimic the rotating single gender schedule of our temporary locker room (a retrofitted Family Changing Room).

Most of these facilities will be renovated during Phase 3. During this period, we will continue to offer comprehensive fitness, group fitness, and locker room experiences in special redesigned spaces. See above for details.

Due to limited space during construction, we are unable to accommodate birthday parties or rentals in Park Heights. These services will return to Park Heights by January 2026. In the meantime, please consider utilizing our Owings Mills facilities.

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