Michigan Medicine marked a construction milestone at its expanding Troy Medical Campus on Wednesday, Oct. 21, as community leaders and health care executives signed a steel beam for its new cardiovascular and imaging facilities.

The event took place at the former Kmart headquarters site, where Michigan Medicine is developing a specialty care campus after years of vacancy.

The new facilities will house the Samuel and Jean Frankel Cardiovascular Center and the Sidney and Madeline Forbes Advanced Imaging Center, according to Michigan Medicine's campus plans.

Community leaders, project partners and residents participated in the beam signing, WXYZ-TV reported.

Michigan Medicine lists fall 2027 as the projected opening period for the two centers. WXYZ reported that the facilities could open in late 2027 or early 2028.

The cardiovascular and imaging centers are being built next to the Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg Troy Center for Specialty Care, a four-story outpatient facility expected to open in spring 2027.

Together, the facilities represent a planned $360 million investment in the Troy campus, according to Michigan Medicine.

Cardiovascular care and advanced imaging

The Frankel Cardiovascular Center will provide preventive and general cardiology, heart failure care, electrophysiology and cardiac rehabilitation.

Diagnostic services will include electrocardiograms, stress testing, echocardiograms and vascular laboratory services.

The Forbes Advanced Imaging Center will offer MRI, CT, mammography, PET scans, X-rays, ultrasound and interventional radiology procedures.

The two centers will be located at 2112 Cunningham Drive, while the Eisenberg specialty care facility will operate at 3050 W. Big Beaver Road.

Julie Ishak, president of U-M Health Academic Medical Center, told WXYZ that about 200,000 patients travel to Ann Arbor each year for care. The Troy expansion is intended to make cardiovascular services and advanced imaging more accessible to patients in metro Detroit.

The Eisenberg Center will house cancer services, reproductive medicine, sports medicine, orthopedic surgery, dermatology, ophthalmology and outpatient surgery, among other specialties.

Michigan Medicine also plans free parking, an on-site café and pharmacy services. The campus is pursuing LEED Silver certification.

University approved $110 million expansion

The University of Michigan Board of Regents authorized spending of up to $110 million for the cardiovascular and imaging facilities on Oct. 16, 2025.

According to the university's original project announcement, an anonymous donor provided the land for the facilities, while Sidney and Madeline Forbes made a lead gift toward construction of the imaging center bearing their names.

The two facilities occupy approximately five acres near the Eisenberg Center.

The Eisenberg project represents a separate $250 million investment in a 224,000-square-foot outpatient building.

The larger campus is being developed on a portion of the former Kmart headquarters property near Big Beaver Road and Interstate 75.

Troy Mayor Ethan Baker welcomed the expansion during the beam-signing event, telling WXYZ that the construction had progressed quickly and that the continued growth was encouraging.

Nate Forbes, managing partner of The Forbes Company, told the television station that the expansion is intended to bring Michigan Medicine services closer to patients in Oakland County. The imaging center is named for his parents, Sidney and Madeline Forbes.

More development possible around medical campus

The medical campus is part of the continuing redevelopment of the former Kmart property, which had remained vacant for nearly two decades.

WXYZ reported that city officials anticipate further discussions about housing, retail and restaurant development around the medical campus.

Those potential projects are separate from Michigan Medicine's medical facilities and do not yet represent a confirmed construction schedule.

Michigan Medicine's next major opening at the site is expected in spring 2027, when the Eisenberg Troy Center for Specialty Care is scheduled to begin serving patients.