{"id":18328,"date":"2020-09-15T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T11:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rnrachicago.org\/?p=18328"},"modified":"2020-09-15T06:00:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T11:00:02","slug":"new-42nd-ward-development-proposal-50-east-huron-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/?p=18328","title":{"rendered":"New 42nd Ward Development Proposal \u2013 50 East Huron Street\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe Restorative Care Institute (\u201cRCI\u201d) plans to develop a Class A, post-acute\u00a0rehabilitation center with advanced infection controls at 50 East Huron (previously\u00a0occupied by the American Library Association \u201cALA\u201d).<\/p>\n

The\u00a0existing ALA building<\/a>\u00a0is a vacant, five-story, brick structure fronting Huron Street.\u00a0Surrounded by retail, hospitals, surgical centers and a large, residential high-rise\u00a0population, the site is well-located to capture the demand of this programming,\u00a0unique to Chicago.<\/p>\n

The proposal involves deconstruction of the existing building: re-use of the structural\u00a0steel, a three-story addition and re-cladding in glass and white steel with some\u00a0exterior expression of the bracing.<\/p>\n

Although doctors and nurses will be on-site, this is not a hospital. RCI is a class A,\u00a0rehab and recovery center with advanced infection controls to protect post-surgical\u00a0patients during recovery. The building\u2019s environmental systems will include the\u00a0highest infection prevention standards, unlike anything in Chicago: negative pressure\u00a0rooms, HEPA filtration, ultraviolet germicidal particle elimination, voice-activated\u00a0elevators, state-of-the-art safety systems and staffing protocols designed around\u00a0healthcare related infection prevention throughout the entire interior.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, patients arrive and depart via pedestrian vehicles, not in ambulances.\u00a0The building will contain indoor parking located in the basement (below-grade) for\u00a0staff and some visitor parking. All loading will occur off-street in the existing alley.<\/p>\n

The project development team will be required to present their plans for approval to\u00a0the Chicago Plan Commission, Committee on Zoning, Landmarks and Building\u00a0Standards and City Council to gain approval for this proposed amendment to\u00a0Residential Business Planned Development No. 173. The use and required FAR are\u00a0already in place; the sole purpose of the amendment is to clarify the language in the\u00a0use provision statement to include the words \u201cskilled nursing\u201d as \u201cmedical use\u201d is\u00a0already included. RCI hopes to open by August 2022, with a project schedule of\u00a0approximately 12 months.<\/p>\n

As part of Alderman Reilly’s transparent community process for new developments,\u00a0your comments and observations are welcome for this project. Please forward any\u00a0feedback to\u00a0development@ward42chicago.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source: \u00a0Alderman Reilly Reports 8\/28\/2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Restorative Care Institute (\u201cRCI\u201d) plans to develop a Class A, post-acute\u00a0rehabilitation center with advanced infection controls at 50 East Huron (previously\u00a0occupied by the American Library Association \u201cALA\u201d). The\u00a0existing ALA building\u00a0is a vacant, five-story, brick structure fronting Huron Street.\u00a0Surrounded by retail, hospitals, surgical centers and a large, residential high-rise\u00a0population, the site is well-located to capture […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.rnrachicago.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}