Northwest Community taking over vacant Rolling Meadows building

Northwest Community Hospital plans to open a center for physical therapy in the Rolling Meadows building that Sears Hardware vacated more than four years ago.

The lease on the outbuilding in the Jewel Plaza on Kirchoff Road still is being negotiated, said Gary Skiba, vice president of regional services for the hospital.

However, the hospital is confident that negotiations will be successful and hopes the center will open in the summer, he said. Remodeling plans already have been submitted to the city for review.

Physical medicine and rehabilitation or physical therapy outpatient services will be consolidated from other locations in about 10,000 square feet of the building, Skiba said. He said it is premature to announce which offices in the Northwest suburbs will close due to the consolidation.

The physical therapy services will take about half the building, but Skiba said he is pretty sure the hospital will lease the entire building. He said he did not know what else would go there.