The Illinois Medical District (“District”) includes 560 acres of medical research facilities, labs, biotech business incubator, raw development area, universities, and more than 40 healthcare related facilities.

The Illinois Medical District Commission (IMDC) is a seven-member body charged with operating, assembling and redeveloping land to enhance the District. Memebers are appointed by the Governor, Cook County President and city of Chicago.

Created by an act of the Illinois State Legislature in 1941, the Illinois Medical District (IMD) is the largest urban healthcare, educational, research and technology district in the nation. The District includes 560 acres of medical research facilities, labs, raw development area, universities, public safety institutions and more than 40 healthcare-related facilities.

We are proud of the many Biotech businesses that started with a handful of researchers on a limited budget in our incubator facility and are now achieving multi-million dollar volume. We are proud of the synergy created between our major institutions within the District; Rush University Medical Center, University of Illinois Medical Center, Cook County Bureau of Health Services, and the Veterans Administration Healthcare System. With the construction of a new Cook County Hospital, UIC-Ambulatory Care Facility, and Rush Medical Center Research Facility; we are excited about creating and investing medically related economic development and research in Illinois.