Widespread support
A number of high-profile community officials and business leaders attended the groundbreaking. “The diversity of supporters at the groundbreaking was a testament to Little Company of Mary and the Sisters, and reflective of the broad support and goodwill Little Company has in the community,” says Kevin Rehder, vice president of clinical services. “It demonstrated this is not only a brick-and-mortar project, but a true investment in the community.”
The attendance of high-level Church officials, including Auxiliary Bishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller M.Sp.S, affirms the relevancy of a faith-based institution in today’s health care world, Rehder continues. “The fact that Little Company is able to move forward with this ambitious plan, with the backing of Church and community leaders, re-emphasizes our faith-based identity and demonstrates that Catholic hospitals are very viable,” he says.
A tower for today’s care
The Campus Transformation Project includes construction of a new patient 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 private 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 health 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 for Little Company.”
Picture from Left: Dennis Day, Vice President, LCM Support Services; John Daley, Cook County Board of Commissioners; James J. Sexton, Mayor of Evergreen Park; Dennis Reilly, LCM President and CEO; Bishop Gustavo Garcia - Siller, M.Sp.S.; Sr. Kathleen McIntyre, LCM, Chairperson of the Board of Directors; Daniel Rowan, D.O., LCM Medical Staff President; Kevin Rehder, Vice President Clinical Services & Project Manager for the Campus Transformation Project; Thomas Fahey, Little Company of Mary Board of Directors; David J. Kavanaugh, Co-chair for Values. Vision. Innovation: The Campaign for LCMH.
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