WEBVTT 00:00:02.769 --> 00:00:04.371 >> Well a major project that 00:00:04.437 --> 00:00:05.505 community leaders here say 00:00:05.572 --> 00:00:06.673 will transform the city 00:00:06.740 --> 00:00:08.108 skyline as well as healthcare 00:00:08.174 --> 00:00:09.209 delivery is growing in 00:00:09.275 --> 00:00:10.377 stature. Business of Health 00:00:10.443 --> 00:00:11.745 reporter Kylie Veleta has more 00:00:11.811 --> 00:00:16.049 on that story. Kylie? >> 00:00:16.116 --> 00:00:18.451 Thanks, Gerry. Here in 00:00:18.518 --> 00:00:19.586 Indianapolis, I-U Health is 00:00:19.652 --> 00:00:20.720 investing billions of dollars 00:00:20.787 --> 00:00:22.389 to build a new medical campus 00:00:22.455 --> 00:00:23.757 downtown. But it's not the 00:00:23.823 --> 00:00:24.858 only major healthcare system 00:00:24.924 --> 00:00:26.259 in Indiana breathing new life 00:00:26.326 --> 00:00:27.660 into a city's downtown. In 00:00:27.727 --> 00:00:29.062 South Bend crews have been 00:00:29.129 --> 00:00:30.430 laying the groundwork for a 00:00:30.497 --> 00:00:31.865 new 10-story patient tower at 00:00:31.931 --> 00:00:32.966 Memorial Hospital of South 00:00:33.032 --> 00:00:34.667 Bend. It will start to rise 00:00:34.734 --> 00:00:35.802 above the downtown skyline 00:00:35.869 --> 00:00:37.137 early next year, and when 00:00:37.203 --> 00:00:38.505 complete... Add more than 50 00:00:38.571 --> 00:00:39.606 patient beds. The 232 00:00:39.672 --> 00:00:40.740 million-dollar project is the 00:00:40.807 --> 00:00:41.875 largest single investment in 00:00:41.941 --> 00:00:43.309 the history of Beacon Health 00:00:43.376 --> 00:00:48.782 System. The 'South Bend 00:00:48.848 --> 00:00:51.584 Regional Chamber' puts an even 00:00:51.651 --> 00:00:52.986 bigger number on the project's 00:00:53.052 --> 00:00:54.120 overall impact: about 400- 00:00:54.187 --> 00:00:54.954 million-dollars in increased 00:00:55.021 --> 00:00:56.756 economic activity! The 00:00:56.823 --> 00:00:57.590 expansion fits hand-in-hand 00:00:57.657 --> 00:00:58.691 with other projects to 00:00:58.758 --> 00:00:59.793 revitalize the downtown, but 00:00:59.859 --> 00:01:00.627 Memorial Hospital President 00:01:00.693 --> 00:01:02.028 Larry Tracy says it's also 00:01:02.095 --> 00:01:03.730 critical to the county as a 00:01:03.797 --> 00:01:05.131 whole, especially with the GM- 00:01:05.198 --> 00:01:06.499 Samsung battery plant on the 00:01:06.566 --> 00:01:10.570 horizon. >> You're talking 00:01:10.637 --> 00:01:11.638 about adding more population 00:01:11.704 --> 00:01:13.339 which is going to require more 00:01:13.406 --> 00:01:14.441 healthcare services to be 00:01:14.507 --> 00:01:15.842 delivered in this region, so 00:01:15.909 --> 00:01:17.243 this project fits very nicely 00:01:17.310 --> 00:01:18.411 with that overall development 00:01:18.478 --> 00:01:22.849 that's happening. And of 00:01:22.916 --> 00:01:24.551 course our friends just to the 00:01:24.617 --> 00:01:25.952 north of the Memorial campus 00:01:26.019 --> 00:01:27.620 at Notre Dame seem to be 00:01:27.687 --> 00:01:28.721 always growing in very 00:01:28.788 --> 00:01:31.124 positive and productive ways. 00:01:31.191 --> 00:01:32.759 It all melds together in what 00:01:32.826 --> 00:01:34.727 we see as a very bright future 00:01:34.794 --> 00:01:45.672 in the South Bend region. >> 00:01:45.738 --> 00:01:47.073 Two city blocks near the 00:01:47.140 --> 00:01:48.441 hospital will also be getting 00:01:48.508 --> 00:01:50.143 a makeover, paid for with 11- 00:01:50.210 --> 00:01:51.211 million-dollars from a READI