Silver Cross Breaks Ground On Outpatient Center In Mokena

MOKENA, IL — Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox broke ground Friday on a new 20,000-square-foot outpatient care center at the southeast corner of U.S. Route 30 and Owens Road in Mokena.

The hospital said the center is scheduled to open in September, and will provide urgent care services and physician offices. The future facility is the first phase of Silver Cross Hospital’s vision for a comprehensive medical campus in Mokena. The site has been master planned for additional services to be developed on an adjacent 5.6-acre parcel, according to the hospital.

Silver Cross Hospital President and CEO Ruth Colby, Mokena Mayor Frank Fleischer, Mokena Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Melissa Fedora, Hedges Clinic President Dr. Julie Limon and Dave Arnold, Executive Vice President of Irgens, broke ground on the site.

“At Silver Cross we’re always advancing and finding ways to better serve our communities,” Colby said in a release. “We’re thrilled to partner with Irgens on this beautiful new facility that will bring needed urgent care services and physician offices to the residents of Mokena and surrounding areas. We look forward to opening and serving patients in the fall.”

“That’s just down the road from a new senior citizens complex we built, so this will be a perfect location to serve those residents,” Fleischer said, adding he was thrilled when Colby reached out last fall, expressing interest in expanding the hospital’s services to Mokena.

“This facility will bring in more than 100 people to the village daily in the Route 30 area,” he said in a release. “This will really be a great service for all our residents.”

Irgens is the developer of the new medical office building.

“Irgens is pleased to partner with Silver Cross Hospital on this strategic endeavor. Irgens’ experience and collaborative approach to healthcare development allowed Silver Cross to conceptualize a modern medical office building that will help them achieve their goal of providing the community with the best quality health care,” Mark F. Irgens, CEO/Manager of Irgens, said in a release.

The hospital said this is the second urgent care center it has opened within the past year. In July 2020, Silver Cross opened an urgent care center in pavilion D on its New Lenox hospital campus.
In addition to the main hospital campus and other locations in New Lenox, Silver Cross also offers outpatient services in Homer Glen, Lemont, Joliet, Manhattan and Lockport.