Edgehill Town Center in Gloucester Court House will welcome a large dialysis center next spring. 

Fresenius Medical Care North America, headquartered in Waltham, Mass., announced Tuesday that it plans to open a 10,800-square-foot facility at Edgehill.

The addition of Fresenius to Edgehill Town Center will be good for the community, according to Jim Hall of Riva, Md., one of the center’s owners. He owns the center with his brother Fred Hall of Richmond, and their nieces Susannah Hogge of Gloucester, Elizabeth Robson of Sterling, and Rebecca Dodelin of Alexandria.

Fresenius began its North American operations in 1996, corporate spokesman Jon Stone said, and has more than 2,000 locations in this country. Its international operations are based in Frankfurt, Germany.

Fresenius is a major provider of kidney dialysis services and renal care products, its website said, as well as dialysis care services, education and support for chronic ...