This press release relates to the FCS+T Group property:
SKOKIE, Illinois - Forest City Science + Technology Group announced today that Evanston Northwestern Healthcare (ENH), a leading Chicago health care provider, will be adding offices and conference/meeting areas to its existing space at the Illinois Science + Technology Park in Skokie.
ENH will be adding approximately 24,218 square feet on two floors of 4901 Searle Parkway, making it the largest institutional tenant at the Illinois Science + Technology Park. ENH will now occupy more than 154,000 square feet on the campus. ENH presently houses its office operations, call center, training and data center functions at the Park.
"Evanston Northwestern Healthcare is a remarkable healthcare system that continues to deliver on its mission to preserve and improve peoples' lives," said Tom Prescott, Senior Vice President, Forest City Science + Technology Group. "They have been enormously successful and their continued growth at this location, which they opened in 2006, reflects their on-going commitment to the Illinois Science + Technology Park."
Other tenants at the Illinois Science + Technology Park include Midwest BioResearch, Astellas and Thermo Fisher Scientific, and several nanotech companies, including NanoInk, Nanotope, Polyera and NanoBusiness Alliance. The building ENH is occupying, 4901 Searle Parkway, is one of the four existing buildings at the Illinois Science + Technology Park.
About Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
Located in Chicago's northern suburbs, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare (ENH) is an integrated healthcare system that includes Evanston, Glenbrook and Highland Park Hospitals, ENH Medical Group (comprising 65 medical offices and facilities), ENH Home Services, ENH Research Institute and ENH Foundation.
Through its affiliation with Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, ENH supports extensive medical education and research. ENH is in the top nine percent of all institutions that receive funding from the National Institutes of Health; among multi-specialty independent research hospitals, it ranks 9th in the nation.
ENH is also ranked among the top 50 hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report.
About the Science Park
The Illinois Science + Technology Park, located in Skokie, Illinois, is a 23-acre corporate office and research campus offering 660,000 square feet of existing space with advanced facilities including chemistry and genomics laboratories, GMP manufacturing suites, clean rooms, NMR suites, research and toxicology labs, conference facilities, and administrative offices, as well as additional build-to-suit opportunities.
The Illinois Science + Technology Park's customized research space allows for synergistic partnerships between large companies, small innovators, medical institutions and universities to commercialize research-based technology.
About the Developer
Forest City Science + Technology Group (www.forestcityscience.net), a division of Forest City Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: FCEA) (NYSE: FCEB), operates a portfolio of more than two million square feet of life science/technology office space with more than eight million square feet in the planning or development stages. Its properties are in major markets including Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Chicago and Denver.
Forest City Enterprises, Inc. is a $10 billion NYSE-listed national real estate company. The Company is principally engaged in the ownership, development, management and acquisition of commercial and residential real estate and land throughout the United States.
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