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OAK LAWN, ILL. — Leopardo Construction has completed the $30 million expansion of Advocate Christ Medical Center, located at 4440 W. 95th St. in Oak Lawn. The expansion added 90,000 square feet to the hospital, and included the addition of five operating rooms to the hospital’s existing surgical department; the addition of 20 new patient rooms to the Adult Surgical heart Unit; and a 245-seat clinical education auditorium and conference center. Other additions include a new testing laboratory, a central sterile department, a physician’s lounge, and a multi-phase renovation to the hospital’s neonatal and prenatal intensive care units. Leopardo served as general contractor for the project, with HDR providing design services.