Indiana University Health plans to invest $214 million in a series of projects aimed at expanding healthcare access across the Greater Lafayette region.

The health system’s board of directors approved the funding for the construction of two new facilities and renovations to an existing site, addressing the area’s growing demand for medical services.

The initiative includes plans to build West Lafayette’s first hospital, open a new cancer center on the Arnett Hospital campus in Lafayette, and renovate the Sagamore Parkway West medical offices to support additional specialty services.
Construction is expected to begin in 2026, with the hospital and cancer center scheduled to open in 2028.

The 55,000-square-foot cancer center will replace IU Health’s current facility on 26th Street. The new center will offer infusion therapy for up to 32 patients at once — a 23% increase in capacity — and will include an oncology rapid-access clinic, two linear accelerators, and expanded services such as radiation therapy and precision genomics.

The planned hospital in West Lafayette will feature a 24-hour emergency department, inpatient units, operating rooms, a helipad, and imaging and lab services. According to IU Health, it will be the only facility to provide inpatient care in the city.

Renovations at the Sagamore Parkway site will establish a multispecialty clinic and add both a rapid access cardiology clinic and a walk-in orthopedic service.

Dennis Murphy, president and CEO of IU Health, said, “Throughout every era, IU Health has consistently followed through — investing in infrastructure, talent and innovation to meet the evolving needs of the communities we proudly serve.”

The projects are expected to create more than 210 new full-time jobs by 2030, including physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses and other clinical staff.

IU Health, based in Indianapolis, serves a 10-county region in western Indiana through more than 40 medical specialties.

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