I beleive their next project will be an administrative/classroom building, at least thats what I've been told. That project's timeline would be unnaffected by the West Wing since that is supposed to be all for hospital use.
A driveway is the assumption I'd make, but I don't know. It's also odd because the documents also mention that the buildings will be buffered from the neighborhood and that the office building will step down to two floors at the south end. Maybe this is an outdated site plan.
The central city could use few hotels and one near Sparrow wouldn't be a bad idea at all. I know the subjects been beat to death, but I still can't understand for the life of me how downtown or even Michigan Ave hasn't got even a moderately sized hotel with or without tax breaks.
As for the space in front of the new building, I'm wondering if maybe they're planning another building for along Michigan Ave in the longer term. They still haven't built the administration building that I heard rumored a while ago and another professional building doesn't seem unlikely either. I imagine that the current cancer center will be the site of the next hospital expansion, which I'm guessing is 5-10 years out.
Wow that roundabout uses a ton of space and it's all car-focused. It would be nice if the renderings showed how CATA, pedestrians, and cyclists will interact with this. For example, the extra turning lane on Michigan Ave will make it harder for pedestrians to cross that driveway.
It would be nice if they put a stoplight here, since it's between the entrances of Sparrow on both sides of the street.
Do you think a pedestrian crossing stoplight there could be useful? That would certainly make it easier for pedestrians to cross Michigan Ave without having to walk to either corner. It looks like they may be planning for one based on the pedestrian crossing markings in the renderings.
I'm still not a fan of the setback but at least it looks better than their west wing addition. As for the height, part of me thinks that they will build it to allow for a vertical expansion, it would make perfect sense in this case and I'm not sure they'd go out of their way to announce that aspect of the project if it were part of the plans. I wouldn't be at all surprised if they install a traffic light here, I never get by there during the day, but I imagine it can be difficult to get in and out of there.
Sparrow announced the new cafeteria I mentioned a before. The design is more or less the same as in the rendering I found: Sparrow unveils plans for new cafeteria
I'm betting those panels are for the parking garage, as of last night they already have two of the pre-cast vertical columns up. The ramp's going to be a little taller and closer to the road than I anticipated, both positives in my book.
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I'm not sure if this is just a concept or something actually in the works but it would make for a nice addition to the hospital.
A site plan of the new cancer center and parking ramp from the December 8th council packet:
I'm not sure what to think of the deep setback from Michigan, I can't imagine the neighborhood will be thrilled.
As for the space in front of the new building, I'm wondering if maybe they're planning another building for along Michigan Ave in the longer term. They still haven't built the administration building that I heard rumored a while ago and another professional building doesn't seem unlikely either. I imagine that the current cancer center will be the site of the next hospital expansion, which I'm guessing is 5-10 years out.
It would be nice if they put a stoplight here, since it's between the entrances of Sparrow on both sides of the street.