July 2011 Update

The Campus Transformation Project includes construction of a newpatient tower, the West Pavilion, which will replace the existing 81-year-old patient tower. The layout and infrastructure of the old tower are now so dated that it's become impossible for the hospital to provide modern and high-tech patient care, explains Little Company of Mary President and CEO Dennis Reilly. "This new West Pavilion will provide care for our patients with the most up-to-date technologies in an environment designed to promote healing," he says.

Being built immediately west of the existing Tower Building, the West Pavilion will house 96 new patient rooms (all with private baths), as well as the new Women's Center for Life and Health, the area's first comprehensive women's center. "We're making a bold commitment to the women of the Southwest Chicago," Rehder says. "The new Center will give women in the area one-stop shopping for all health care needs."

The 300,000-square-foot tower will also include:

Pharmacy and Laboratory
Energy-Efficient Power Plant
Gift Shop
Hospital Kitchen and Cafeteria

Fast-track Project

Chicago-based Power Construction was selected as general contractor for the Project. After the groundbreaking last fall, building continued throughout the winter and spring, as crews excavated the building site and began drilling and pouring caseons, the support system for the tower. You can follow live construction progress online at www.LCMH.org/transformation

The Project is anticipated to cost between $150 million and $175 million. The hospital is funding the Project with funds raised through Values. Vision. Innovation: The Campaign for Little Company of Mary Hospital, as well as borrowed funds and internal resources. The construction is on a fast-track schedule, Rehder says, and by fall 2011 people will be able to see the core and shell of the tower. "Our plan is to occupy the tower by fall 2012, and then usher in a new era of Little Company."