A new hospital has been announced on the northern end of the upcoming Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park. Approved by the Chicago City Council last week, the 400-acre redevelopment of the former South Works site has now picked up another tenant as Advocate Health Care has pledged to spend $1 billion in the next decade across multiple projects.
Site rendering of IQMP by LJC
The hospital will sit west of S DuSable Lake Shore Drive and hug the road’s curve, with the site stretching all the way to S Brandon Avenue to the west. Estimated to cost around $300 million, the new center will replace the current Advocate Trinity Hospital nearby at 2320 E 93rd Street which is over 115 years old. This will be demolished afterwards and replaced by a green space.
Site map of new hospital (red) and existing (green) via Google Maps
Rising four to five stories tall across 23 acres, the hospital will feature a large landscaped entry plaza and orange paneled exterior. Inside will be 52 beds made up of 36 surgery beds, four ICU beds, eight for observation, and four for dialysis. There will also be a 16-unit emergency room. This will be a large drop compared to Trinity Hospital’s 263+ beds.
Site rendering of IQMP by LJC
While the new facility will be expandable if needed, Trinity Hospital averages 60 to 75 percent bed occupancy, with Advocate stating additional new and existing care centers nearby will absorb the less severe capacity. The new carbon-neutral hospital will also be more technologically advanced with the capability for robotic surgeries, expanded emergency services, and more.
Rendering of Phase One Office building within IQMP by LJC
Rendering of Phase One Office building within IQMP by LJC
The IQMP at 8080 S DuSable Lake Shore Drive will be developed in phases by Related Midwest with the first set to commence early next year. This will be the 80,000-square-foot office building and initial site work to eventually connect three massive computing buildings and a cooling facility, all supporting the nation’s first utility scale quantum computer.
The hospital’s announcement comes after IBM announced a new research center on the $9 billion campus last week. The new hospital should be completed and operational by 2029.
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Why are all the Q-Park renderings showing extremely low rise buildings?
I’m assuming because the massive size of land being bigger than the loop. But I agree with you, let’s look at 10 or 15 years from now. If this project is as big as they are hoping, we want dense areas with apartments and retail and street grids and Hopefully a new extended L line. Let’s not build this Schaumburg style.
Wow, quantum computing offices with highly educated employees, beautiful, modern architecture, new parkland, and now a hospital?! This is shaping up to be a massive project with enormous GDP potential for the southside. Love it
Just feel like Chicago doesn’t plan big anymore…I know we’re so starved for positive news in this city we accept the bare minimum…but low rise 2-3 story buildings surrounded by parking lots on prime lake property isn’t exciting me im sorry…
This is actually huge news for GDP and South Side investment and they’re already looking to kickoff construction. Not everything major is 90 floors. Have you been to Beijing? They have so many gorgeous Zaha Hadid buildings and campuses under the 20-30 story mark. You’re such a size queen.
It’s not bad just because it’s low rise, this is actually a win. Chicago, especially this area, needs investment like this, and this area was not ever going to become a dense neighborhood, as the land has toxicity issues and it’s generally in a suburban part of the city anyways. This is actually a good density, all things considered, and if done right it should encourage more density to be built nearby. Please familiarize yourself with the site and surrounding areas because context is everything.
I’m from this neighborhood and this will include local jobs and investments. The neighborhood is very hopeful for this development. This does look more suburban, it’s not the loop. So far it looks like quality. People are excited for the future. Let’s get new transit here.