Our New Cancer Center: Estimated Timeline
You don't know what pain and suffering is until you have had a chronic health condition like cancer.
And as we break ground today on the state's first and only freestanding facility dedicated to cancer care and research.
Makes a difference when you're making an informed decision about a cancer that took your father and both of your grandfathers.
Our new facility will bring more resources to our neighbors and to our patients. This includes improved navigation, early detection, and timely quality care access, including clinical trials.
This new space will allow our providers and clinicians a place to deliver the latest treatments based in our cutting-edge research.
This comprehensive cancer center designation is the highest recognition and stamp of approval that a cancer center can receive.
With our new cancer care and research pavilion, the University of Chicago and UChicago Medicine have an opportunity to lead an accelerated fight against cancer.
All of us deserve the best opportunity to fight for our lives.
January 2022 — UChicago Medicine submitted request to the state regulatory Health Facilities and Services Review Board (HFSRB) seeking a Master Design Permit to spend money on design and site planning for the proposed cancer care and research pavilion.
March 2022 — HFSRB approved request for a Master Design Permit; health system began community and patient engagement efforts.
February 2023 — UChicago Medicine filed Certificate of Need application with the HFSRB for full scope of cancer pavilion construction.
June 2023 — HFSRB approved plans to build new cancer pavilion, clearing the way for construction to begin.
September 2023 — Groundbreaking, construction begins.
December 2023 — $20 million gift from Susan and Tandean Rustandy announced to support the development of the pavilion.
October 2024 — $75 million donation from AbbVie Foundation announced; building to be named the AbbVie Foundation Cancer Pavilion.
February 2025 — Topping-out ceremony held; final structural beam placed after being signed by thousands of staff, patients, and community members.
December 2025 — UChicago Medicine and AbbVie extend research and clinical trial collaboration through 2027 to coincide with pavilion opening.
January 2026 — Grant from Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation announced to establish the UChicago Medicine Ralph Lauren Center.
April 2027 — Anticipated date when new cancer hospital opens to patients.
