UIC broke ground on August 13th on an Outpatient Surgery Center and Specialty Clinics building. The new clinical building will provide expanded space for the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, or UI Health. (Rendering above by Shive Hattery and ZGF - credit UIC/UI Health).
An article in Newswise stated that the building will include the following:
- Six floors of patient care space
- Eight operating rooms
- Eight procedure rooms
- 48 pre- and post-surgery bays
- Clinic space for GI
- Ophthalmology clinic
- Otolaryngology clinic
- Transplant clinic
- Urology clinic
- Pharmacy
Provident will finance nearly three-quarters of the cost of the $194 million building through tax-exempt bonds and lease the facility to UI Health during the 30 year term of the bonds under the public-private partnership between UIC and Provident Resources Group, a 501(c)(3) corporation.
Additional funding will come from the health system and private philanthropy. In November, Bruno and Sallie Pasquinelli pledged $10 million for the project through the Pasquinelli Family Foundation.
"UI Health brings together seven health sciences colleges and a significant portfolio of bench to community research with a world-class, public clinical care delivery system. This building will serve as a new hub for our top-ranked opthalmology and transplant programs, and we are looking forward to bringing this new, comfortable space to our patients."
Vice Chancellor for health affairs at UIC | Dr. Robert Barish
The project is expected to be completed in 2022.
Michael Zenn, CEO of the University of Illinois Hospital & Clinics stated that using the public-private partnership model will allow us to move forward on an accelerated timeline while working collaboratively with developers, architects, contractors and others to ensure the building will best serve the needs of the community.
According to UIC Today, construction of the building will employ approximately 500 individuals over the course of the two year project and 30% of construction costs will be spent with local minority, women, persons with disabilities and veteran-owned businesses. Construction is contracted to Pepper/Brown and Momen Construction.
The new building and expanded clinical services will create an estimated 100 full-time positions.
