DuPage County officials this week celebrated the start of a major interior renovation of the DuPage Care Center in Wheaton, the first remodeling done at the facility in more than 30 years.
The wall-breaking event was held in the center’s North Wing, which will be the first section to undergo construction, a news release said. The 80,000-square-foot wing has 128 resident rooms that will be updated at a cost of $11.3 million.
Work should be complete by July 2025.
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It is the first phase in a $31.5 million project in which all resident rooms, nurse stations, common area, and main entrance and lobby will undergo renovation, the release said.
The Kenneth Moy DuPage Care Center was originally built in 1888 as a county alms house and became a nursing facility in the 1930s, the release said. Now home to more than 300 residents receiving subacute skilled care, long-term custodial care and Alzheimer’s special care, the facility has gone through major expansions in 1964, 1979, and 1991.