The center will be a part of the larger Presidential Gateway, a 202-acre area of the campus that will also house therapeutic gardens, nature trails, and a research preserve.
[2] The Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Ambulatory Care building will open in July 2024.
The campus's largest building, a 144-bed acute care and emergency room facility, will open in 2025.
[3] The University of California, Irvine Board of Regents voted to approve construction of the facility on January 21, 2021.
[5] In June 2022, the project received a $20 million donation from Joe C. Wen, a businessman based in Cypress, California.