Good Samaritan Hospital announces $78 million addition

Announcement made at annual EDC luncheon

Published: Tuesday, July 2, 2014 11:55 a.m. CDT

By ED MCMENAMIN – emcmenamin@shawmedia.com

DOWNERS GROVE – Advocate Health Care plans to build a $78 million expansion of its Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove later this year, hospital president Dave Fox announced Thursday at the Downers Grove Economic Development Corporation’s annual luncheon.
Good Samaritan’s parent company, Advocate Healthcare, also received one of three 2014 Cornerstone Awards given at the luncheon to businesses that completed impactful economic development projects in Downers Grove in the last year.

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