Memorial, BJC seek second medical office building in Shiloh

SHILOH — Memorial Regional Health Services, Metro-East Services, Memorial Group and BJC HealthCare have filed a Certificate of Need application with the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board for Phase II of a medical office building project on the 94-acre campus of Memorial Hospital East in Shiloh.

Phase II includes a three-story 66,400-square-foot medical office building which will provide space for physician specialists and services as well as expansion of Memorial Medical Group’s primary and specialty care providers. Estimated cost of the project is $32.4 million.

“We are very excited to expand services on the Memorial Hospital East campus. We look forward to providing more convenient access to providers and services for residents of Southwestern Illinois,” said Mark J. Turner, Memorial Regional Health Services president.

The CON application is expected to be reviewed by the state board at one of its meetings later this year. If approved, construction would begin in early 2018 with completion slated for mid-2019.

Phase I of this project, a 70,500-square-foot three-story medical office building, is scheduled for occupancy in October 2017 and is nearly fully leased.

Phase I includes MMG orthopedic, OB/GYN, family medicine, vascular and pulmonary physicians, Lincoln Surgical Associates, Washington University School of Medicine pediatric specialists, the Harold and Dixie LePere Breast Health Center, physical therapy/rehab services, laboratory draw services and radiology.

— From the Illinois Business Journal