Advocate Health will build hospital at U.S. Steel South Works site

Advocate Health Care has announced plans to invest $1 billion over the next 10 years across the South Side, with a $300 million, 53-bed hospital anchoring the north end of the former U.S. Steel South Works at 8080 S. DuSable Lake Shore Drive. The new hospital will be built on 23 acres between Brandon Avenue to the west, DuSable Lake Shore Drive to the north and east and 81st Street to the south.

Set to replace the current Advocate Trinity Hospital, the cutting-edge, 52-bed facility will feature services that include surgery, ICU, dialysis, cardiac catheterization lab, expanded emergency services, diagnostic testing and imaging, and robotic surgeries. The new hospital will aid in increasing access to the latest technology to assess, triage, and connect patients to specialists. The facility will be committed to sustainability, designed as a carbon-neutral building that will meet LEED certification standards. 

“The addition of a state-of-the-art Advocate hospital marks a significant milestone for the Southeast Side— one that will not only deliver essential healthcare services, but also advances our vision of creating a powerful, multifaceted economic engine for the area. Advocate’s investment and commitment will add 1,000 new employees and catalyze future investment that brings complementary uses to the 8080 DuSable Lake Shore development, the 7th Ward and the surrounding South Chicago neighborhood. Our ability to secure yet another anchor institution underscores our commitment to redevelop the site. We look forward to welcoming Advocate to this transformative development,” said Curt Bailey, President, Related Midwest.

Advocate Health Care is the latest tenant to announce plans for the large-scale redevelopment of the former U.S. Steel South Works site. Developers Related Midwest and CRG recently received City Council approval for the development of the 128-acre Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park at the south end of the massive property. Shortly thereafter, IBM announced plans to establish the new National Quantum Algorithm Center in the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park. Anchored by IBM and other quantum computing pioneers including the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the center will be fueled by IBM's next-generation quantum computer, IBM Quantum System Two, which the company plans to deploy in Chicago.