Completed in November 2015, the Inpatient Tower Expansion includes six floors plus a basement, totaling approximately 168,000 square feet. The addition houses a new main entrance to the hospital, which includes a two-story, open-design main lobby and connections to the existing hospital. The new wing has a culinary department with a servery, kitchen, demonstration kitchen, and 250-seat dining room with views into a new and extensively landscaped courtyard; three inpatient floors with 72 rooms for oncology, surgical, ICU, and stem cell patients; and 48 guest rooms, opening in mid-2016, for outpatients and family members. All 72 private inpatient rooms are designed with plenty of space for family members to stay. Nursing stations are decentralized to minimize steps for staff and maximize patient care at the bedside. The typical patient room is the result of extensive patient and provider input; full-scale mockups of the rooms were built on-site prior to construction. Although room types are designated by floor, the second floor and stem cell unit are ICU-capable to minimize the need to move patients if their acuity level changes. Ancillary spaces include a gift shop, spa, salon, and courtyard as well as a variety of relaxation areas for hospital-wide outpatients’ and family members’ use between appointments. Renewal rooms, where CTCA at Midwestern nurses can go for a few moments of self-reflection, are also found on each of the patient care floors.
Owner/Client
Cancer Treatment Centers of America®, Midwestern Regional Medical Center
Square Footage
168,000 SF
Cost
$85 million
Awards
2015 Pride in Construction Award | New Construction – Chicago Suburbs (Above $20M)
Construction Industry Service Corporation (CISCO)
Best Interior Design for a Project Over 10,000 SF
International Interior Design Association