Daily Herald: Redevelopment of Aurora Site Highlights Benefit of Public-Private Partnerships
The former Copley Hospital stood as an eyesore for nearly a quarter of a century on the east side of Aurora. Its vacant buildings attracted vandals and trespassers. The deterioration of the 9-acre...
Daily Herald: With remodeling, new uses, company works to restore neighborhood’s pride in historic Aurora hospital
For a quarter-century, the shuttered Copley Memorial Hospital haunted an east-side Aurora residential neighborhood. Vandals broke its windows and painted graffiti inside and out. Ghost-hunters,...
Beacon News: Bardwell Neighborhood no Longer in Shadow of Old Hospital
After decades of hearing it can’t be done, the residents of the Bardwell neighborhood are watching a blight turn into a gem right before their eyes. And few have a better view than Myra and Albert...
Beacon News: Transformation Continues at Old Copley Hospital Campus in Aurora
Which makes the new name for the development – Bloomhaven – an apt moniker, according to members of Fox Valley Developers LLC, the project’s developers. Jason Konrad, one of the partners, said...
Beacon News: East Aurora School District enjoying new digs at old Copley Hospital campus
As the old Copley Hospital campus in Aurora slowly begin transforming from neighborhood blight to neighborhood gem, there are already outward signs this historic site is the future of the community....
Beacon News: Redevelopment may save old Copley Hospital building from wrecking ball
The twisting tale of the old Copley Hospital building has moved from lawsuits to hazardous materials outfits. Demolition of the former hospital building along Lincoln Avenue on Aurora’s near East...
Beacon News: National Register listing for Copley property in Aurora seen as key part of redevelopment
The recent listing of the former Copley Hospital property on South Lincoln Avenue in Aurora on the National Register of Historic Places was necessary for the planned renovation of the property,...
Illinois Public Radio: Copley Hospital Added To National Register Of Historic Places
The Copley Hospital campus in Aurora is now on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the first “purposefully-built” city hospital and dates back to 1888. Rachel Barnhart is with MacRostie...
Senior Housing News: Fox Valley Developers secures $82M for Illinois historic rehab
A development group led by Fox Valley Developers secured $82 million for the redevelopment of Old Copley Hospital, a nine-acre hospital campus in Aurora, Illinois listed on the National Register of...
Aurora approves $128.5 million Copley Hospital redevelopment plan; mayor calls it biggest investment on city’s East Side ‘in generations’
The Beacon News The Aurora City Council this week unanimously approved a development agreement with Fox Valley Developers LLC to turn the former Copley Hospital campus on the near East Side into a...
A Once-in-a-Century Celebration: The Copley Campus Is Remediated & Secure
Fox Valley Developers cordially invites you to attend a community celebration recognizing the successful remediation of the Copley Campus. A celebration like this only comes around once a century....
East Aurora School District may move administrative offices to old Copley site
Chicago Tribune “East Aurora School District is looking at a plan to convert a building at the old Copley Hospital site into administrative offices and a professional development center. The East...
Developers say Aurora’s old Copley Hospital site about 60 percent cleaned up
Chicago Tribune “Cleanup of the old Copley Hospital site in Aurora has been slow, tedious work in cold and wet weather – a bit more difficult than members of the Fox Valley Developers LLC team first...
$62,400 Raised for Hesed House at O’Malley’s
The members of Fox Valley Developers are committed to giving back to the community and are grateful that $62,400 was raised at the Annual Holiday Fundraiser for Hesed House hosted by O’Malley’s Pub...
200 Area Families Given Thanksgiving Meals
Thanksgiving holiday, Fox Valley Developers teamed up with the Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry to provide 200 families in need with a turkey and sides to have a complete holiday meal. Fox...
Crain’s Chicago Business: Aurora’s old Copley Hospital could become a medical center again
When the century-old Copley Hospital in downtown Aurora was closed in 1995—a replacement state-of-the-art facility was opened that year on the city’s southeast side—developers talked broadly about...
Beacon-News: Fox Valley Park Board seeks grant for old Copley park development
The Fox Valley Park District Board has approved applying for a state grant to develop a park as part of the renovation of the old Copley Hospital site in Aurora. The district is scurrying to meet an...
Daily Herald: Long-dormant hospital in Aurora set for cleanup, renovations
A 9-acre former hospital site south of downtown Aurora that has stood dormant for the past 23 years, inviting vandals and trespassers, is set for environmental cleanup to make way for new...