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Ottawa vacates portion of Nebraska Street in preparation for new Morris Hospital facility8 · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Ottawa vacates portion of Nebraska Street in preparation for new Morris
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  Hospital’s Facility eight. Written by Michael Urbanac This article is
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  being read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Morris
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  Hospital is another step closer to breaking ground on a new 22,900
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  square foot medical office building on Columbus Street in Ottawa. The city
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  council voted to vacate a small portion of Nebraska Street. Jim Kirchner,
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  Morris Hospital's VP of professional services, said this is a continuation of
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  Morris Hospital's expansion into Ottawa. We have three different delivery sites, and
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  what we're going to be doing is we're coordinating those sites in
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  one location, Kirshner said. He said convenient care will be on the
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  first floor along with orthopedics and services like MRI and CT Unites.
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  The second floor will have physicians, offices like cardiologists, OBGYNs, primary care
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  and others. He said they're hoping to have the building open in
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  spring twenty twenty eight, with a groundbreaking coming up in a few
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  weeks. The facility will cost 17.2 million with construction beginning
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  this fall.