HSA PrimeCare, the national healthcare real estate division of Chicago-based HSA Commercial Real Estate, has completed a 5,168-square-foot expansion of The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center, located on the Silver Cross Hospital campus in New Lenox, Illinois.
UChicago Medicine was looking to expand its medical oncology program, located on the second floor of the cancer center, and met with HSA PrimeCare, the developer and owner of the building, to outline its growth requirements. HSA PrimeCare evaluated an expansion to the existing building and also presented a potential expansion into a neighboring building that would be connected by a pedestrian bridge. Though complicated, the latter scenario proved to be more cost-effective.
Developed in 2012 by HSA PrimeCare, the property is fully leased to Silver Cross Hospital and UChicagoMedicine, whose cancer center was the first modern oncology facility of its kind in Chicago’s south suburbs. To serve a higher volume of patients, 11 exam rooms, five physician offices and two research offices were added, and one suite was built out to accommodate additional exam rooms and treatment areas.
Located at the confluence of I-355 and I-80, Silver Cross Hospital is the premier location for healthcare delivery to Chicago’s southwest suburbs. Eckenhoff Saunders served as the architect for the expansion, while PREMIER Design + Build served as general contractor.
