The Chicago Plan Commission has approved plans for the new location of Advocate Health Trinity Hospital at 8000 South Lake Shore Drive in South Chicago. Situated at the intersection with South Brandon Avenue, the development will replace a large vacant lot north of the upcoming Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park.
Site map of new Advocate Trinity Hospital by CannonDesign
Massing of new Advocate Trinity Hospital by CannonDesign
Originally announced in December 2024, the proposal has undergone revisions since its initial iteration designed by CannonDesign. The 183,000-square-foot hospital will occupy the eastern end of the site and be surrounded by 368 parking spaces, along with a small garden for patients. The building itself will rise five stories and reach a maximum height of approximately 97 feet.
Rendering of new Advocate Trinity Hospital by CannonDesign
Floor plans of new Advocate Trinity Hospital by CannonDesign
The lower two floors will contain a 16-exam-room emergency department, a dialysis unit, three operating rooms, GI labs, a catheterization lab, an observation unit, an ICU, and an imaging center, along with support spaces such as a kitchen and waste disposal areas. The three upper floors will taper into a smaller linear tower containing 36 medical beds.
Rendering of new Advocate Trinity Hospital by CannonDesign
Rendering of new Advocate Trinity Hospital by CannonDesign
The structure will be clad in a metal panel façade with large floor-to-ceiling window bays. The $300 million hospital will serve as the first phase of a larger $1 billion campus planned by Advocate. All jobs from the current Advocate Trinity facility will be transferred to the new location. The team hopes to complete the project by June 2029.
Update: Since publishing, Advocate has issued a correction to the previous project cost from $800 to $300 million.
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I am using the south works site as a location for a thesis project, where I’m creating a master plan for the whole site. I integrated my knowledge of this hospital into this plan and got the correct location and approximate land area, but thought the hospital would be much larger based on the size of the parcel it sits on. I planned a hospital that took up the whole parcel, but now I’m suddenly forced to shrink down my hospital plan with the reveal of the actual size of the hospital, as my planned hospital is probably like 5x the actual size of the planned hospital.
Anyways, regardless of my thesis project and all that, it’ll definitely be very beneficial to the community getting a new hospital down in this area of the city.
They definitely have land for the hospital to grow. It’s very contentious for new hospitals to pop up and “steal” clients from other territories. There’s a whole game of strategy most don’t know when it comes to trauma centers. Shiny new facilities usually add to that pressure.
If more growth is to come, they’re definitely setting off enough land to allow future expansion. They’re currently adding hospital beds to an area that hasn’t seen much development in recent decades. Maybe there was a shortage to begin with, but this will be a start.
The entire S.E. side has been emptying out for decades now, ever since the jobs went overseas. The existing hospital, Advocate, is the former South Chicago Community Hospital (where I was born, BTW) and has empty beds. It makes eminent sense that its size reflect the current local population, that it create a state of the art facility and that it leaves plenty of room for growth should there be genuine growth in the area.
Building this next to the Quantum Campus is great.
I don’t know if this hospital will relocate jobs or be a source of new jobs? Anyone know?
If it does bring a lot of new jobs, then combined with the Quantum Campus this is a hugely positive development for the area. We should see home & property values go up and may also start seeing new construction. Let’s hope that the anti-gentrification haters who seem hell bent on stymieing any new investment don’t get in the way
Hi Tupper, yes all of the jobs will be transferred.
I’m grateful for the project, but I wish we could build less auto-oriented hospitals…
Most people who use the hospital are sick….do you want them to take the CTA
I think it is more about visitors and employees (lab/tech, food service, and maintenance).
I do this regularly. Anyway, gotta literally go jump on the bus to get some stitches.
I believe,this new hospital will not be a trauma center. All employees will transfer from the old Advocate Hospital to the new one? Will there be new jobs available for the Bush community? Will taxes, water, electricity go up for the Bush residents after Psi Quantum, Advocate Hospital, etc, are all built…
Congratulations to Advocate Health Trinity Hospital Team! Congratulations to the Far South region for added healthcare offerings and other community public benefits. Looking forward the the exchange of information in the city council zoning approval session. The 10 mile public benefit zone allows for the Health benefits to extend to Greater Englewood.
Disclosure – I am not an expert in the construction cost of hospitals but I am struggling with the build cost numbers. If it costs 800MM to build 183,000 sq ft then that comes out to be $4,371 per sq foot to build. That is the highest build cost I have heard of. As a comparison the higher end luxury new construction high rises SELL (not build) at $1,000 per sq/ft. Something is way way off. BTW The same happens when building social housing – it can cost three times what the real cost to build it. There are just too many hand in the pie. This is what kills it for everyone. Some courageous leaders need to put these projects out for competitive bids in the free market and pull the plug on the entrinched cozy relationships that are self serving. Just my two cents. Overall I absolutely support the project and hope that we see more momentum with the Quantum Park soon.
that is the estimate for the entire hospital campus. this seems to be phase 1.
Having worked on the “social housing” you refer to, I can attest that they are not 3x the cost. The project costs you refer to that are reported just also include additional non construction related costs (affordability subsidies, operations, etc.) for the project, which are not typically included in reporting of market rate housing.
You’re comparing apples to apple pies.
You got all the numbers wrong, bro. 😬
Just the reporting of true costs is off.
When Advocate Health originally announced this project they said the new hospital would cost $300 million, but this current design is smaller than the original proposal it seems. I’m not sure where YIMBY is getting $800 million, but it’s almost guaranteed to be way off.
I’m assuming the undeveloped property on the southern end of the property Advocate is part of that $800 million to $1 billion. That is a killer view wouldn’t be surprised if they’re already working on hotel/apartments.
Why so few medical beds? No surgical beds ?? Will patients be transferred??? The new hospital has many departments but units for the patients not mentioned??