October 2005 - Cleanslate Job Training Program approved for Spring 2006.

Chicago Technology Park chosen as feature venue for the Association of University Research Parks BioParks 2006 conference.

Seven-story office building and parking structure approved for IMD District Development Area (Roosevelt Road at Leavitt Street).

September 2005 - Opening of UIC's new College of Medicine Research Building.

July 2005 - Inter-Governmental Agreement executed with City of Chicago parcel swap/NeighborSpace-sponsered green space in the Tri-Taylor Historic Neighborhood.

May 2005 - DCEO awards third grant to CTP for Chicago ITEC.

April 2005 - IMD Commission approves the Chicago Hope Academy as a permitted use in the Tri-Taylor Historic Neighborhood.

IMD Commission approves Chicago Technology Park's Chromatin expansion request.

IMD Commission approves Easter Seals of Metropolitan Chicago Therapeutic Day School and Autism Research Center as a conforming use in the IMD's District Development Area.

IMD Guest House Foundation opens offices in the IMD.

Spring 2005 - IMD Heliport reopens with twice previous capacity.

January 2005 - Letter of Intent signed for purchase of 2020 Ogden site.

Letter of Intent signed for purchase of ASCP campus.

November 2004 - VA groundbreaking ceremony for 200-bed Bed Tower.

October 2004 - Grand opening of Wheelchair Doctors at Illinois Center for Rehabilitation and Education - only wheelchair repair facility located within the Chicago city limits.

September 2004 - UIC Structural Biology Building completed.

John H. Stroger, Jr. names Daniel H. Winship, MD Chief of the Cook County Bureau of Health Services.

IMD Heliport Redevelopment plans approved. IMD's Heliport serves all four of IMD's major medical centers.

June 2004 - Red Cross of Greater Chicago's Rauner Center formal dedication and ribbon cutting.

May 2004 - VA renaming ceremony - VA Chicago Healthcare System is now Jesse Brown VA Medical Center.

Groundbreaking ceremony (IMD District Development Area) for what will become the world's largest free-standing FBI facility.

April 2004 - More than 50 tornadoes struck Illinois and other Midwest states devastating Utica, IL, southwest of Chicago, and killing eight people. This marks the first disaster recovery coordinated in the new Red Cross of Greater Chicago's Rauner Center.

UIC announces that their Magnetic Imaging Building, located in the IMD, has the highest field density of any building in the world.

UIC becomes the first tenant to move into the new West Side Office Building (Roosevelt & Paulina).

Red Cross of Greater Chicago's Rauner Center grand opening.

February 2004 - Veterans Administration Benefits Administration Center grand opening.

January 2004 - Veterans Administration Parking Garage grand opening.

IMD and Truman College receive $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to fund job training initiatives in bioinformatics.

December 2003 - 2020 Ogden Building demolition commences.

November 2003 - SBC occupies renovated office space in the District Development Area for their West Side Call Center.

October 2003 - 1747 West Roosevelt Road construction complete.

The General Services Administration announces the selection of Higgins Development Partners as the developer for a new FBI Headquarters in the Illinois Medical District.

April 2003 - Ground is broken at the site of the long-awaited American Red Cross of Greater Chicago Disaster Operations Center. Construction of the facility will be complete in early 2004.

January 2003 - Enterprise Center II in the Chicago Technology Park opens with three growing companies.

December 2002 - The new John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County opens for patient care.

November 2002 - The Veterans Administration breaks ground on a new Benefits Administration Center at Taylor and Ogden in the Illinois Medical District.

September 2002 - Illinois Medical District, the University of Illinois and the Illinois Institute of Technology are designated as an Illinois Technology Enterprise Center (ITEC).

August 2002 - United Therapeutics Corporation doubles its size in the

Enterprise Center I building.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation announces it will build a new state-of-the-art headquarters in the District Development Area.

July 2002 - The Veteran's Administration announces IMD's West Side Medical Center will serve as the city's main veterans' health care center by 2010.

The American Red Cross of Greater Chicago announces it will locate its new command center and headquarters at Harrison and Leavitt. The center will be compatible with other 24-hour district operations.

June 2002 - IMD breaks ground on a new office building in the District Development Area.

May 2002 - United Therapeutics Corporation receives FDA approval for Remodulin to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension.

March 2002 - Construction begins on a new UIC College of Medicine building.

January 2002 - A new 9-acre retail center opens at Ashland and Roosevelt in the District Development Area, serving the area's communities and institutions.