Burnham 310
In 1989, the Burnham City Hospital merged with Mercy Hospital to form Provena Covenant Medical Center and, in 1992, most services were consolidated which caused the Burnham to close. The structure then stood vacant for 14 years until it was razed in summer 2004.
Building design
The tower was designed by VOA Associates, and was intended to be the cornerstone of the "Burnham District" that would link Campustown near the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus with Downtown Champaign. Upon its completion in 2008, Burnham 310 became the tallest building in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, surpassing the Tower at Third. However, the building has been surpassed in height by 309 Green in 2009, and by HERE Champaign in 2015.
The first floor of the tower is occupied by sales office space for Greystar Communities and Apartments. Attached to the east side of the tower is a County Market grocery store, which also houses a Caribou Coffee store. Currently, the County Market is the only full-service grocery store located within Campustown. A fitness center is also located on the first floor of the building. The second to eighteenth floors are a mixture of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments.
Neighborhood impact
Because of the completion of Burnham 310, the Champaign Park District made improvements to Scott Park. New playground equipment and landscaping updates were completed during summer 2009. The Stone Arch Bridge was structurally improved.
References
- ^ McCollum, Dannel. "Historical Review of the Champaign City Buildings Over The Years". City of Champaign. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ^ Cook, Anne (August 9, 2004). "Cure for nostalgia: Former Burnham workers to reunite". News-Gazette. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- ^ "City of Champaign Emporis Profile". Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Cassman, Landon (July 8, 2009). "Scott Park construction coming to end". The Daily Illini. Archived from the original on January 21, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
- Wurth, Julie (August 21, 2008). "Delays force Champaign high-rises to postpone move-ins". News Gazette. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
- Wurth, Julie (October 1, 2008). "Hie-rise residents happy to be settling into new apartments". News Gazette. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
- "Student Apartments Near UIUC". Burnham 310. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
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