Chicago Construction News staff writer
Site work is underway on a new medical expansion project for Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital in Lake View. The project will include a new lateral addition to an adjacent medical building built in 2015, then later by a vertical expansion which will sit atop of both the 2015 structure and the phase 03A structure which will include:
- 54,000 sq. ft. of outpatient care space
- 11,000 sq. ft. of operating rooms
- Services will include surgeries, breast imaging, cancer and heart treatments
SmithGroup’s design for phase 03A is a 150 feet high metal panel and curtain wall-clad building with a new lobby, entry vestibule and updated landscape.
Phase 03B will feature:
- Four stories of added bed space
- Total height of 241 feet
- Metal and glass curtainwall extending from lower floors
- Louvered mechanical penthouse
- Green roofs
Following construction, the outdated buildings will be demolished.
DataBid is currently reporting on this project – Advocate Health Illinois Masonic Hospital Expansion Lake View East – Chicago (0029042022)
