Loyola University Chicago has broken ground on a seven-story nursing and sciences education facility on its Lake Shore Campus in the Rogers Park neighbrhood.
The university says 1144 West Loyola will be a 195,000-square-foot facility that will bring together programs from the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing and the College of Arts and Sciences in one modern, interactive space. The nearly block-long facility is slated to be complete in fall 2028.
With a focus on active, team-based, and experiential learning spaces—including one of the nation’s largest nursing simulation labs, advanced chemistry research labs, and community gathering areas—1144 will support the growing nursing, chemistry and biochemistry, and forensic science programs.
The building also will help address the increasing demand for health care and science professionals; the increased space will enable Loyola to grow its undergraduate nursing program to 400 new students each year, resulting in 150 more future nurses entering the workforce annually.
Contributing to the building’s planned LEED Gold certification: a system that will provide 80% of the building’s heating/cooling energy without using fossil fuels; onsite stormwater detention; an extensive modular tray green roof system; bird-safe glass; and a dark-sky compliant exterior lighting system. The materials inside the building will have low global warming potential and low-volatile organic compounds.
