A $435 million health and community services campus including a 151-bed hospital would be developed in South Lawndale through a City-owned land sale introduced to City Council today by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

The 940,000-square-foot Focal Point complex would be constructed on 11-acres of land previously occupied by Washburne Trade School on the southwest corner of 31st Street and Kedzie Avenue. Acquired by the City from the Board of Education in 2012 and currently valued at $2 million, the land would be sold for $1 to the development arm of St. Anthony Ministries, which operates St. Anthony Hospital.

St. Anthony Hospital would relocate from its current 151-bed facility two miles north of the site to serve as the main tenant of the campus, which would include three main buildings connected by pedestrian bridges and a parking garage. An outpatient clinic, retail space, community center, and outdoor recreational amenities would also be located on site.

Founded in 1897, St. Anthony Hospital is a faith based, non–profit community teaching hospital edicated to serving the health needs of Chicago’s near southwest side.

The new facility would retain 1,000 jobs and create approximately 500 new jobs.

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