Drill rigs and other equipment have been spotted at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)’s future medical building in the Illinois Medical District. Officially known as the UI Health Outpatient Surgery Center and Specialty Clinics, the six-floor, 200,000-square-foot project broke ground last month, with foundation work progressing rapidly.
Rush University Medical Center’s 10-story cancer and neuroscience building has structurally topped out in Little Italy, across the street from the hospital’s recently completed main building.
Permits have just been filed for 1023 W Irving Park Road in Lake View, on a block bound by W Irving Park Road, N Sheridan Road, and subway tracks where the Red and Purple Lines bend around both sides. The nearest public transportation is the CTA L Red Line’s Sheridan Station, which is located on the same block. Nearby bus stops include Route 80, Route 151, and the express Route 9 are all within a minute’s walk from the site.
Permits were approved last month for a five-story mixed-use building at 946 W Wellington Avenue in Lake View East, Chicago. Located between W Shubert Avenue and W Diversey Parkway, the interior lot is steps from the Wellington CTA L station, serviced by the Brown and Purple Lines and five blocks south of the Belmont station, which is also serviced by the Red Line. Advocate-Aurora Illinois Masonic Medical Center is listed as the owner behind the applications, reporting $20.5 million as the cost for the development.