Loyola Medicine Plans Groundbreaking On New Tinley Park Center

TINLEY PARK, IL — Loyola Medicine will hold a groundbreaking to start construction on its new outpatient care center next week, officials told Patch.

The event will take place Dec. 15 at 10 a.m. at the center's new development on the southeast corner of La Grange Road and 179th Street. The hospital confirmed all members of the public are invited to attend.

Loyola plans on building the 72,000-square-foot facility near Moraine Valley Community College, even offering to fund traffic lights to separate the two campuses.

According to plans approved by the village board, the facility is expected to open in 2023 with orthopedic surgery, oncology, cardiology, pulmonary medicine and urology specialists and equipment.

Loyola's current outpatient center, Loyola Medicine Palos South Campus, is set to transfer ownership in April, leaving the Tinley Park site as one of the hospital system's largest suburban facilities.

The proposed site will not have any rooms designated for overnight patients, a representative told Patch, but will have an urgent care center open to residents. The building is expected to add about 130 jobs to the community.

A representative for the health system told Patch they are working to finalize details on speakers for the event.