Construction progress continues for Home Court at the Obama Presidential Center on Stony Island Avenue in Jackson Park. The two-story athletic facility designed by Moody Nolan is expected to be the first entity of the sprawling campus to open to the public, with an anticipated ribbon cutting late this year. Elevated Design Builders, a team formed by BOWA Construction and AECOM/Hunt, is the general contractor.
A permit was issued on May 15 to convert the former St. Cornelius Church building at 5430 West Foster Avenue in Jefferson Park into an indoor pickleball facility. Dink Enterprises of Park Ridge, IL is the recipient of the permit, which shows a reported construction cost of $1.5 million. Edward Torrez of Arda Design is named as the architect of record, with Vero Design Build LLC handling general contractor duties.
Construction progress at Northwestern University’s Ryan Field is becoming more visible from the perimeter, as steel columns and metal decking rise to form the stadium’s shell. The first piece of structural steel was set in place back in November, and now the Wildcats are doing their best Steelers impression, as iron work rises throughout the Evanston construction site.
A renovation permit was issued last week by the City of Chicago to turn an empty theater complex in the Homan Square neighborhood into an indoor soccer field and sports facility. The approval allows Chicago Sports, Inc to transform the former Cinemas Entertainment multi-plex in Lawndale Plaza at 3330 West Roosevelt Road. The application for the permit was filed on October 2 of last year, and permission was granted on April 11, a wait of 191 days. The permit indicates a reported construction cost of just $120,000.
An official opening has been held for the new Chicago Fire FC – Endeavor Health Performance Center at 1434 S Loomis Street in the Near West Side. The massive facility replaces much of what was Addams/Medill Park that was also the former home of four CHA complexes demolished in 2007. A groundbreaking was originally held mid-2023.
