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Senior Home Plans $60M Metamorphosis

CHICAGO-Norwood Crossing will include 188 independent and assisted living units built on the five-acre Norwood Park Home campus at Avondale and Nina avenues. Ten buildings at the 110-year-old nursing home would be demolished, with only a 30-year-old nursing building and a service wing remaining.

By Mark Ruda | Updated on May 01, 2006

CHICAGO-A Norwood Park nursing home is closer to undergoing a $60-million transformation. The Norwood Park Home will become Norwood Crossing, with 188 independent and assisted living units built on the five-acre campus at Avondale and Nina avenues over the next two to five years.

Ten buildings at the 110-year-old nursing home would be demolished, with only a 30-year-old nursing building and a service wing remaining. In its place, two 45-unit independent living buildings, a 55-unit assisted living facility, fitness center and 132-space parking garage would be built in the first phase of the project. Another 45 independent living units, 82 skilled nursing beds and additional parking spaces would be added in the second phase. Norwood Seniors Housing Association’s project has been endorsed by the plan commission as well as the city council’s committee on zoning. Besides construction drawings and city permits, the Norwood Seniors Housing Association needs Illinois Department of Public Health approval. A certificate of need from the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board also may be required.

“We expect it’ll be at least a year before we start construction,” Norwood Seniors Housing Association chief executive officer Marcia Mahood tells GlobeSt.com. The bulk of the project will be financed with tax-exempt bonds, she adds, and the nonprofit corporation needs to take deposits for 70% of the independent living units.

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