47,000-SQUARE-FOOT SUSTAINABLE HOSPICE BREAKS GROUND

BARRINGTON, ILL. — The Pepper Family Hospice Home and Center for Care has broken ground in Barrington, with completion scheduled for spring 2010. The 47,000-square-foot facility will offer care for acute and complicated patients that can no longer receive in-home care. The building will be one of the first green hospices in the country, and is designed to achieve LEED Silver certification, as well as incorporating guidance from the Green Guide for Healthcare, a sustainable building toolkit specifically for the healthcare sector. Harley Ellis Devereaux and Hospice Design Resources partnered to provide architectural services. Pepper Construction is the general contractor and Hospice of Northeastern Illinois is the owner/developer of the $18 million endeavor.