On Monday, December 10, the Pleasant Prairie Plan Commission considered and approved a Zoning Map and Zoning Text Amendment for the request of John Huggett of the Boldt Co. on behalf of Aurora Health Care for the development of 64 acres located at the northwest corner of CTH Q (104th Avenue) and 120th Avenue (West Frontage Road) in the Prairie Highlands Corporate Park. to rezone the property into a PUD (Planned Unit Development Overlay District) with the underlying M-5, Production Manufacturing District with the C-1, Lowland Resource Conservancy District areas to remain unchanged.
Later that same evening, the Pleasant Prairie Plan Commission also considered and approved the Stage 4 Final Site and Operational Plans for the for the interior building plans, landscaping plans, exterior lighting plans, signage plans and the Digital Security Imaging System (DSIS) Agreement and DSIS Access Easement for the Aurora Health Care ambulatory surgery center and physician office building in Pleasant Prairie. The request was also made by John Huggett of the Boldt Co. on behalf of Aurora Health Care.
The proposed $130 million development will include a 100,000 square-foot ambulatory care center and a three story 100,000 square foot office building. The facility is proposed to be open from 5:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and will offer services to meet the growing health care needs of area residents including; primary care, orthopedics and urology, outpatient surgery, rehabilitation services, imaging, laboratory services, occupational health and a pharmacy. There will be a variety of other specialty care services, as well as Aurora Children’s Health Services. The facility will house operating rooms, imaging rooms, prep/recovery rooms, clinic exam rooms, food service, and a laboratory, along with all of the equipment used to support the mentioned services.
It is estimated that there will be 260 full-time and 28 part-time employees at this new Aurora Health Care facility with 140 of the full-time, professional health care positions being newly created jobs. The new facility will operate on two shifts. The project will also bring hundreds of construction jobs to the area as the site is developed and the facility is being built.
Public roadways and utilities for the site are currently under construction by the Village. Facility construction started in July 2018 with anticipated completion during the summer of 2020.