Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Both Riverside Medical Center and Silver Cross Hospital received an intent to deny their competing projects from the state, but one of the two medical organizations plans to continue pursuing its proposal.
Plans for two competing proposals to build a freestanding emergency center in Frankfort were slowed, if not completely stopped, by two state review board votes on Tuesday. The proposals, which were submitted by Riverside Medical Center, of Kankakee, and Silver Cross Hospital, of New Lenox, were each issued an intent to deny at a Feb. 5 meeting of the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board. Riverside submitted a project application to the review board on Nov. 9, requesting to build a 10,000-square-foot, $10.3 million facility at the corner of Steger and La Grange Roads. Silver Cross submitted its application less than two weeks later, seeking approval for an $8.8 million emergency center that would be the same size as …
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Proposals from Riverside Medical Center and Silver Cross Hospital were both issued an intent to deny at a state review board meeting Tuesday.
It appears that Frankfort will not be getting a freestanding emergency center anytime soon. Two competing medical organizations were both issued an intent to deny their respective proposals by the Illinois Health and Facilities Review Board at a meeting Feb. 5. Riverside Medical Center submitted its project application on Nov. 9, proposing a 10,000-square-foot, $10.3 million facility to be built at the corner of Steger Road and La Grange Road in unincorporated Frankfort. Silver Cross Hospital, based in New Lenox, applied to build an emergency center in Frankfort less than two weeks later, proposing a 10,000-square-foot, $8.7 million facility at the intersection of Lincoln Highway and 93rd Avenue. During each vote, board members repeatedly …
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Local homeowners say the project from Riverside Medical Center will cause disruptive traffic, lower home values and duplicate services in the area.
Frankfort homeowners who live near the intersection of Steger Road and La Grange Road are campaigning to stop a proposed project from Riverside Medical Center. Riverside filed an application with the state in November to construct a freestanding emergency center at Steger and La Grange Roads in unincorporated Frankfort. The 10,000-square-foot facility would cost $10.3 million to build. Silver Cross Hospital has also applied for a competing project at the intersection of Lincoln Highway and 93rd Avenue. Community members who live near Riverside’s proposed location have expressed numerous concerns about the emergency center. Riverside has owned the property since 2004 and originally intended to use the land for offices. “This was not what we…
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Patch examines competing proposals to build an emergency facility in Frankfort from Silver Cross Hospital and Riverside Medical Center.
Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox and Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee both filed applications with the state last month to bring an emergency medical facility to Frankfort, as was previously reported by Sun-Times Media. Chief Executive Officer of Silver Cross Paul Pawlak expressed his opposition to the Kankakee medical center’s application in a letter to Riverside’s Chief Executive Officer Phillip Kambic, Sun-Times Media said. Advocate South Suburban Hospital in Hazel Crest sent a similar letter to Riverside. But what do these competing projects mean for Frankfort residents? Silver Cross is proposing a 10,000-square-foot, $8.7 million freestanding emergency center at the intersection of Lincoln Highway and 93rd Avenue, according to …
Friday, December 7, 2012
Silver Cross Hospital and Riverside Medical Center both hope to build in the village, Sun-Times Media reports.
Silver Cross Hospital and Riverside Medical Center have entered competing proposals for an emergency center in Frankfort, according to a report from Sun-Times Media. The Silver Cross facility would cost $8.8 million to build and would be located at the intersection of Lincoln Highway and 93rd Avenue on a property that the hospital already owns, the report states. The center would have four treatment rooms and would be open 24 hours a day. According to Sun-Times Media, Silver Cross is $400 million in debt after relocating its hospital in February from Joliet to New Lenox. However, Silver Cross spokewoman Tracy Simons told Sun-Times Media that the hospital would not need to borrow money to build the center. Riverside, located in Kankakee, is…
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