Healthcare building strategies company Hammes completed projects totaling 4.3 million square feet valued at more than $2 billion in 2016, the company announced this week.
The 2016 numbers are a 41 percent increase in dollar value, and a 35 percent increase in square footage over 2015.
A notable project included Centegra Hospital-Huntley, a new, $230 million, 128-bed hospital located on the existing Centegra Health Campus in Chicago's northwest suburbs.
[Also: Updated list of hospital contruction and expansion projects in 2016]
At least one survey ranked Hammes the nation's leading healthcare developer in 2017. Headquartered in Brookfield, Wisconsin, the company advises, implements and manages key strategies and solutions that build up high-performing organizations.
Hammes President and CEO Chris Kay said in a statement that the outfit is looking forward to another year "of providing our valued clientele with continued successful and strategic healthcare development."
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