Mishawaka-based Franciscan Health is collaborating with community partners to further transform the former Franciscan Health Crown Point hospital campus.

Franciscan Alliance donated over 12 acres of land adjacent to the former Franciscan Health Crown Point property to its neighbor at the Dean and Barbara White Southlake YMCA. Work is underway by Tonn and Blank Construction to build the YMCA Sportscenter at Crown Point. The Sportscenter will contain dedicated courts for basketball and pickleball. The YMCA Sportscenter is expected to open in January 2026.

The former bed tower and a portion of the first floor of the main hospital building are slated for demolition by Tonn and Blank Construction beginning in or around September. When complete, the portions of the building slated for demolition will remain as green space on the property.

Construction fencing is scheduled to be erected outside of the former emergency room entrance. Work continues inside the former hospital and connecting buildings to ready them for the project.

Multiple administrative and clinical programs are slated to remain on the property, which has been used for a variety of outpatient services since the new hospital opened in January 2024.

The Burrell Cancer Center will remain open to patients throughout the project. Cancer services will move to The Dean and Barbara White Cancer Center, currently under construction by Tonn and Blank adjacent to the new Franciscan Health Crown Point hospital at 12750 St. Francis Drive, when it opens in 2027.

The transformation project at the former Franciscan Health Crown Point site is tentatively scheduled to be complete by the end of the year.