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General Project Information

Architectural Credit:

UrbanWorks, Ltd.

Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Project Substantial Completion Date: 12/7/2023
Program type(s): Health Care - Medical Office
Total Site Area (gross sq. ft): 138,719 GSF
Total Building Area (gross sq. ft): 43,450 GSF
Project substantial completion date: 12/7/2023
Climate zone: Humid continental
Project site: Previously developed land
Project team: 
Architect: UrbanWorks, Ltd.
Owner's Rep: McNitt Consulting
General Contractor: Mortenson Construction
Engineer - MEP/FP: dbHMS
Engineer - Structural: C.E. Anderson & Associaates
Engineer - Civil: Terra Engineering
Landscape Architect: TGDA Landscape Architecture
Food Service: Edge Associates

Project Overview:
The new Esperanza Brighton Park Health Center is a memorable two-story-tall, 43,450-square-feet facility that houses expanded medical health services, comprehensive senior programming, and a family medicine residency program. The new building expands Esperanza’s presence in the Brighton Park community on Chicago’s South Side to encompass an entire city block, forming a new civic plaza in concert with an earlier facility at the north end of the site. Planned as a “health campus,” multiple indoor and outdoor spaces create opportunities to promote health, learning, and recreation for the community that builds on the services provided within the complex

Submission portfolio​​​​​​​

Esperanza Health Center

Category

Healthcare Design Awards > Category A: Built: Less than $25 million (construction cost)

Description

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