A ribbon-cutting event is set to take place at the Maple Leaf Centre, in Maple Leaf Drive.
Formerly the John Black Centre, the premises has undergone a major refurbishment and will be visited by the Deputy Mayor of Solihull - Coun Flo Nash.
Elaine Murray, from Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, said: "Maple Leaf brings together our Solihull teams under one roof and means that we can work more closely together to support our service users and carers.
"We hope our launch event will help us engage with the local community and help us to break down the stigma that still exists around mental health."
There will be music, food and family activities this Saturday (November 9) from 10am-2pm.
The revamped building, like the road on which it stands, takes its name from Canada's national emblem.
Troops from the country were based in the area during the Second World War.
A series of huts was used to house hundreds of patients and following the end of the conflict, the land was acquired by the health service and one of the first maternity hospitals of the fledgling NHS was set up in 1948.
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