Hospital Expansion Clears Major Hurdle

P&D Commission unanimously recommends adding patient tower and garage after Advocate and Oak Lawn find "common ground."

Advocate Christ Medical Center's plan to add a 9-story patient tower and a new parking lot cleared a major hurdle Monday when the Planning and Development Commission unanimously recommended all of the variances it would need to complete the projects. After hearing a new iteration of the hospital's plan, commissioners elected to grant the hospital's zoning, height and setback variances and elected to add other conditions that Advocate Christ must meet before getting building permits. To look at the Site Plan, check out the PDF. The proposal now goes to the mayor and board of trustees, who will take up the matter in September. Other conditions could be added or removed at that time. The tower would be built on the site of an existing parking…

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Advocate Christ Brings Expansion Plans Back to the Table

Advocate Christ Medical Center officials are ready to pick up where they left off in May with the Oak Lawn Planning and Development Commission to discuss village-ordered impact study of hospital expansion plans.

  Advocate Christ Medical Center will go to the mattresses over Phase II of its expansion plans at the Oak Lawn Planning and Development Commission meeting tonight, Monday, at Oak Lawn Village Hall. The medical center wants to add a 9-story inpatient tower to its 95th Street campus on the east side of Kostner Avenue on the site of an existing parking lot. Advocate Christ President Ken Lukhard said the new inpatient tower would increase capacity, including adding 14 new operating rooms. Last year, the hospital turned away between 5,000 and 8,000 patients because there were no available beds. The Oak Lawn Village Board approved plans for a similarly sized outpatient tower in 2011 that is currently under construction with a projected opening …

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Taxman Cometh

9:53 am on Friday, August 10, 2012

QC??, What I asked for is for quantifiable numbers for the impact. No, I do not work for Advocte or get legal work from Advocate as you state above. You may want to concentrate on answering the question (or better yet being quiet) rather than accusing everyone who disagees wtih you of being an employee or the mayor. You and others keep saying that it strains the resources. I ask, How? For …   more ›

Plan Commission to Advocate Christ: ‘You Didn’t Answer Our Questions’

Oak Lawn Planning and Development Commission stands firm in refusing to give its recommendation to medical center expansion plans until Advocate Christ sufficiently addresses neighborhood concerns.

The Oak Lawn Planning and Development Commission respectfully refused to reopen a public hearing for Advocate Christ because the hospital’s management team did not sufficiently answer the village’s questions on a proposed 9-story patient tower. Subscribe to the Oak Lawn Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. Advocate Christ Medical Center and Oak Lawn planning commissions had agreed last month that the village would submit questions on specific aspects of the medical center’s planned expansion. The hospital management team skipped the last PDC meeting saying it needed more time to respond to the village’s questions. PDC chair Steve Radice said that the only reason the commission agreed to submiting questions in the first place was …

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Advocate Christ Goes for 'Round 2' With Oak Lawn Planning Commission

Public hearings on the latest addition of Advocate Christ's $600 million expansion will continue when the Oak Lawn Planning and Development Commission meets Monday evening at village hall.

Representatives from Advocate Christ Medical Center will meet again at tonight’s (Monday) Planning and Development Commission to make their pitch for a new 9-story inpatient tower. The medical center has submitted nine petitions for zoning variances for the latest addition to be built on the east side of the hospital campus facing Keeler Avenue. Plans call for a building of up to 170 feet tall and a parking garage on the side of Keeler that will connect to the proposed tower via a pedestrian bridge. An outpatient tower approved last year by the Oak Lawn Village Board is currently under construction on the medical center campus at 4400 W. 95th St. Advocate Christ is investing $600 million to modernize and expand the hospital. Advocate …

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OakLawnGuy

7:25 am on Tuesday, June 5, 2012

I'm certain they are not ashamed. It's a business meeting. Speaking for myself, if I'm involved in any dealing involving my profession, I see no need to give out my home address. I think we all surmise that many if not all of the execs do not live in Oak Lawn, nor should they be required to live in Oak Lawn. It appears that between the Board and Advocate, those who may not live here are going to …   more ›

Advocate Christ Wants More Time To Address Village's Infrastructure Questions

Advocate Christ Medical Center is skipping Monday's Planning and Development Commission meeting while it addresses village's impact study "punch list."

Advocate Christ Medical Center has asked to be taken off the agenda for tonight’s (Monday, May 21) Planning and Development Commission. Following the marathon PD&C meeting that went for four hours on May 7, medical center officials have asked for more time to address the village’s impact study “punch list.” Be the first on your block to know stuff. Sign up for the O-L Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. Planning commissioners voted 5-2 to continue a public hearing into Advocate Christ Medical Center’s nine zoning variance petitions for “Phase II” of the $600 million hospital campus expansion. The latest addition, if approved, is expected to be viable until 2021. The Oak Lawn Planning and Development Commission want Advocate Christ …

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Duhig to Village Board: 'Be Wary of Advocate Christ's Expansion Plans'

Trustee Tom Duhig warns of "hidden costs" of Advocate Christ expansion to Oak Lawn taxpayers in terms of local economy and infrastructure.

Saying he wished he could have painted a “rosier” picture of Advocate Christ Medical Center’s most recent plans to expand its campus, Trustee Tom Duhig poked holes in some of the hospital’s impact studies before the rest of the Oak Lawn Village Board on May 8. Keep up with local government news. Subscribe to the O-L Patch newsletter and breaking news alerts. Duhig, whose fourth district encompasses the medical center campus, hinted that some of the methodologies Advocate Christ used to conduct its traffic, economic and water impact studies for its proposed 9-story inpatient tower omitted huge parts of the big picture. Last year, the village gave its blessing for a similarly sized outpatient pavilion that is currently under construction. “…

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Are Oak Lawn Taxpayers Getting the Shaft from Advocate Christ?

Lots of readers are weighing in on Advocate Christ Medical Center's $600 million expansion. Read the comments and add your own.

Christ Hospital President 'Disappointed' By Request for Additional Impact Study

Village wants medical center to pay for independent review of plans for new 9-story patient tower before approving Advocate Christ's zoning variances.

The Oak Lawn Planning and Development Commission want Advocate Christ Medical Center to vet some of its plans for a 9-story patient tower because there are still too many “unknowns” about traffic, flood control and economic impact on the village. Steve Radice, chair of the plan commission, told hospital officials on Monday that commissioners still don’t have enough information to recommend the medical center’s nine zoning variances for approval by the Oak Lawn Village Board. “We want to get it right,” Radice said. “I can’t go through with this and feel 100 percent comfortable. It’s bigger than anything [the village] has ever dealt with.” The latest addition to the medical center campus is part of a $600 million expansion plan to increase …

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Planning Commissioners To Deliberate on Advocate Christ's Plans for New Patient Tower

Medical center has nine petitions before Oak Lawn Planning and Development Commission for a 9-story patient tower. If you've never gone to a meeting at Village Hall, you might want to catch Monday's public hearing.

Oak Lawn’s Planning and Development Commission will deliberate on a proposed 9-story patient tower on the Advocate Christ Medical Center Campus during its regular monthly meeting tonight (Monday) at Oak Lawn Village Hall. Advocate Christ has submitted nine petitions for a 9-story building to built at 4440 W. 95th St. The medical center wants to build the tower on the site of an existing parking garage on the east side of the hospital along Kostner Avenue. The medical center’s six-phase expansion over the next decade is the “largest construction project” in Oak Lawn’s history and is part of a $600 million investment in the community. The proposed patient tower is in addition to the medical center's new ambulatory pavilion that is currently …

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