The University of Chicago Medicine is renovating the former Viking Medical building in Valparaiso. The academic health system plans to open the 43,500-square-foot facility in 2027.

The academic health system is opening the medical care center at 1425 E. Glendale Boulevard to help meet the needs of Northwest Indiana residents as outlined in its 2026-2028 Community Health Improvement Plan released in August.

The facility will offer primary care, imaging, laboratory and infusion services, and specialty care. Renovations of the former Viking Medical building are expected to start later this year.

“As Valparaiso grows, partnerships that expand access to high-quality healthcare are increasingly important to our community,” said Valparaiso Mayor Jon Costas in a press release. “UChicago Medicine Northwest Indiana not only brings academic medicine to our community but also strengthens the healthcare resources available throughout our Region.”

UChicago Medicine first opened a 130,000-square-foot facility in April 2024 in Crown Point. Only two years later, it plans to expand it by 7,500 feet.

“We are seeing firsthand the growing demand for UChicago Medicine’s physicians and programs in Northwest Indiana,” said Amy Ross, chief strategy and growth officer for UChicago Medicine. “Building on our existing presence in Valparaiso, this expansion will allow us to offer a broader range of care closer to home while strengthening patients’ connection to the full breadth of services and highly specialized expertise.”

Expansion is part of an overall plan to increase access to UChicago Medicine's academic medicine. The health system also is building a 575,000-square-foot facility at its main campus on the the South Side of Chicago.