Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center has submitted plans for an 11-story outpatient cancer-care center to the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board.
The project, estimated to cost $473 million, will be located next to its Near West Side headquarters. It will include a six-story, 1,000-space parking facility.
With project approval, construction is scheduled to begin in spring 2019 with a supply tunnel under Ashland Avenue, with the estimated completion of the building in 2022.
The cancer-care center will also focus on neurological care, including imaging and radiation and infusion therapy. It would also include doctors’ offices, retail space, food options and outdoor seating.
The hospital system believes the facility will become “a destination center for cancer and neurological care,” according to the system’s application. The new facility would make it easier for patients to see doctors and get services, the system said.
