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Article: Edward drops heart hospital project.(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- April 20, 2001
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Byline: Susan Stevens Daily Herald Staff Writer
After nearly two years of public hearings, letter campaigns and legal fees, Edward Hospital has quietly dropped its plans for a specialty heart hospital in Naperville.
The project was caught up in an appeals process after a state regulatory board rejected the concept last summer.
"We looked at the horizon and saw this appeal could take a very long time," Edward spokesman Brian Davis said. "It could have taken years."
Meanwhile, construction crews are moving along on a 71-bed, five-story addition on the northeast side of the hospital on Washington Street.
When it opens next year, ...