Other plans include modernizing the first and third floors of the main hospital, which will expand existing cardiology services and operating rooms.

The project is expected to create 332,780 square feet of new construction and 260,493 square feet of modernized space.

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The plan, which is expected to cost nearly $645 million, was detailed in an application with the Health Facilities & Services Review Board. It is up for consideration by the board at a June 7 meeting. If approved, Advocate Masonic says it expects the project to be completed in June 2030.

Susan Nordstrom Lopez, the hospital’s president, did not respond to a request for comment.

The hospital, at 836 Wellington Ave. in Lakeview, currently has 397 hospital beds. When the project is completed, Advocate Masonic’s total beds will be reduced to 326 beds but will be updated to meet current standards and many will be single occupancy private rooms, according to the application.

By expanding its Center for Advanced Care, Advocate Masonic says in its application that it will be able to expand breast cancer and mammography services, other oncology services, as well as surgical and cardiac catheterization facilities.

The five-story bed tower will allow the hospital to offer contemporary private rooms to patients. The tower will include 24 postpartum beds, 22 NICU beds, 75 medical and surgical beds and 37 intensive care beds.

Once the additions and expansion are complete, outdated buildings will be demolished, the application says.

Advocate Masonic isn’t the only hospital in town looking to expand. The University of Chicago Medicine also has plans to build a $633 million cancer center on its South Side campus. And Rush University Medical Center is building an outpatient cancer and neurosciences center next to its Near West Side headquarters.

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