Northwestern Hospital Huntley to get medical office building

Northwestern Hospital Huntley is getting a new medical office building.

The Huntley Village Board recently gave its blessing to the project. The village board previously reviewed plans for the office space in July.

The new office building will go where a parking lot currently is located north of the hospital and east of an existing medical building. The structure will back up to Tom’s Farm Market on the east.

Northwestern is planning to put in more parking north of the hospital campus for the office building, but the lot will be for staff only, village documents show.

The new two-story office building will have a courtyard between it and an existing office building. It also will be connected by an indoor pedestrian walkway to the hospital and other buildings on the hospital campus, according to village documents.

Inside, there will be space for the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, oncology infusion and radiation, cardio diagnostics and general surgical services for gastroenterology, pulmonary, urology and similar offices, documents show.

The building already is 100% prefilled.

The hospital building was approved unanimously by the plan commission. Village board members were enthusiastic about the project.

“Residents of Huntley are looking forward to its completion,” Trustee Vito Benigno said. “It definitely is a big positive for us.”

The total project cost is $95 million and it is expected to add 300 jobs, village documents show.