$7.4M State Grant For Elmhurst University

ELMHURST, IL – Elmhurst University has received a $7.4 million grant from the state to help pay for the construction of a new health sciences building, the college announced Thursday.

The grant was from a state program that helps nonprofit colleges with construction projects.

In October, the university broke ground on the three-story, 45,000-square-foot health sciences building. It is expected to cost $30 million.

The new facility will house a simulation space, a virtual reality lab, a new speech-language-hearing clinic, classrooms, offices and labs, according to a university news release.

It is also expected to house the Jans Center for Veterans, a resource center for student veterans and students actively serving in the military.

The cost of the project is roughly equivalent to Elmhurst's new Lincoln Elementary School, which was completed last year. It cost $30.5 million.