INDIANAPOLIS — Eskenazi Health and Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County have announced a $75 million investment in capital improvements to primary care facilities across Marion County, including construction of a new state-of-the-art health center opening in 2024 on the east side of Indianapolis. Progress has begun on the site since the initial announcement in June 2022
The building will be located at the corner of 38th and Arlington Ave. and will include the Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center. Additionally, the facility will have Marion County Public Health Department services available along with lifestyle wellness, social services, financial counseling, pharmacy and access to other community services.
The new consolidated East 38th Street location will allow for 20 percent growth in services through more than 30,000 additional annual visits. The new health center will welcome new patients and those currently served by Eskenazi Health Center Forest Manor and Eskenazi Health Center North Arlington. Eskenazi Health is collaborating with members of the immediate neighborhoods and community organizations throughout the planning and design of the building.
The Eskenazi Health Center East 38th Street is the second primary care center built under the Eskenazi Health name since the opening of Eskenazi Health Center West 38th Street in October 2013. The 95,000-square-foot health center will be the most innovative and community-minded facility to offer expanded services to the east side of Indianapolis.
Recently, Eskenazi Health filed for a zoning variance to allow for the placement of entrances for the new East 38th Street building and community center. The zoning variance will keep the building design as it was created and reflects the efforts of all those who participated in the community workshops to aid in the design process.
The zoning district for the building requires an entry in the middle of the building on East 38th Street. Due to the location of the IndyGo Purple Line stop and keeping the entrances safely monitored, there is an entrance and community plaza at the corner of the building to collect people from both East 38th Street and North Arlington Avenue.
