The state of Illinois has granted Chicago-based Cook County Health and Hospitals System approval to build a $137 million, nine-story outpatient facility, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board approved the health system's certificate of need for the new facility Tuesday.
The new 280,000-square-foot Central Campus Health Center, which will be located next to Chicago-based Stroger Hospital, will provide office space and outpatient services. It will allow Cook County Health and Hospitals System to "expand outpatient services, offer a modern patient experience, reduce operating costs, avoid costly capital renewals for dilapidated buildings and increase clinical and administrative efficiencies," according to a statement from the health system, the Chicago Tribune reported.
The new facility is expected to open in the third quarter of 2018.