Tinley Park’s long-vacant mental health center is finally coming down, marking the start of a major redevelopment effort.

Ten months after taking over the vacant Tinley Park Mental Health Center property ... the Park District paid $1 for the property and the state earmarked $15 million to rid the property of ...

The property includes the shuttered mental health hospital and ... for gambling purposes. Tinley Park eyed the property for redevelopment and wanted to buy it from the state, looking for retail ...

That includes removing ground contamination from the old hospital and asbestos ... the demolition of the building. The state sold the land to the Tinley Park-Park District for $1 and dedicated ...