1977-2008
In 1977, Hinsdale Hospital applied for a certificate of need with the Illinois government to have a hospital built in Bolingbrook, Illinois. In February 1988, the certificate of need was approved for the hospital. In late July 1989, Hinsdale Hospital changed its mind about having a hospital built there, due to so many hospitals closing in the state. [8]
In early November 2001, Adventist Health System announced that it wanted a hospital built with 130 beds built attached its Bolingbrook Medical Center. [9] In late April 2004, Adventist Health System applied with the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board to have a $152 million, 138-bed hospital built in Bolingbrook, Illinois. Their request to have the hospital built was denied. [10] In early November 2004, the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board approved the certificate of need from Adventist Health System to have a hospital built in Bolingbrook, Illinois. [11] It would be built west of the Interstate 55/Illinois Route 53 Interchange. [12]
In late November 2006, a three-story, 74,298 square foot (6,902.5 m2) medical office building was approved by trustees to be built north of the hospital and to be connected to Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital by a heated skyway. [13] On January 14, 2008, Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital opened to patients. [14] [15] The 300,000 square foot (28,000 m2) hospital, became the newest in Illinois in twenty-five years after three years of construction. [6] [15]
2013-present
In late January 2013, Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital requested that it be reimbursed $7.1 million, after paying property taxes to Will County from 2008 to 2011, while waiting for its tax exemption status. [16] [17] In early December, the chapel at Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital was named after Ron Hawkins, who served two terms on the hospitals foundation board. [18] [19]
On June 17, 2014, Adventist Midwest Health from Hinsdale, Illinois, a subsidiary of Adventist Health System; and Alexian Brothers Health System from Arlington Heights, Illinois a subsidiary of Ascension Health, signed a letter to create a joint venture company. The nine-hospital company would be the third largest in Illinois. [20] [21] [22] On February 1, 2015, the joint venture AMITA Health was created by Adventist Midwest Health and Alexian Health System. [23] [24]
On October 21, 2021, AMITA Health announced that it would split up. [25] [26] On April 1, 2022, it split up and AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center Bolingbrook rebranded to AdventHealth Bolingbrook. [27] [28] [29] On September 13, UChicago Medicine announced that it planned to purchase a controlling interest in the AdventHealth hospitals in Illinois. [30] [31] [32] The joint venture became finalized on January 1, 2023. [33] [34] [35]
On November 7, 2025, UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook had a groundbreaking for a 15,000 square foot (1,400 m2) expansion, to add two catheterization laboratories for $21.6 million. Bulley & Andrews was hired to do the construction. [36] [37] On September 30, 2026, the laboratories opened. [38]
