Updated details have been revealed for the new DePaul University Sports Facility at 2300 N Sheffield Avenue in Lincoln Park. Sitting just north of the intersection with W Belden Avenue, the new building will replace a handful of older residential structures. The project is being led by the university itself with Antunovich Associates and HNTB.
The Illinois Capital Development Board is now accepting bids for the construction of the Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) headquarters, a key component of the University of Illinois System’s Illinois Innovation Network. The state-of-the-art facility will be located within The 78, a 62-acre development along the Chicago River, on a 1.5-acre site donated by developer Related Midwest.
The University of Illinois Chicago is making progress on the atrium portion of its new Computer Design Research and Learning Center. Located at 900 W Taylor Street in Little Italy, this facility will add 135,000 square feet of new educational and research programming. The five-story center is being added to the existing Science and Engineering Labs building.
Construction on the exterior walls of Bennett Day School, located at 955 W Grand Avenue in West Town, is progressing as the school undergoes its second campus expansion. The expansion, known as ‘Phase 3’, will nearly double the size of the independent PreK-12 school from 50,000 to approximately 100,000 square feet and aims to increase student capacity from 320 to 600.
Updated plans have been revealed for a new child care facility at 2820 N Elston Avenue in Avondale. Located just north of W Diversey Avenue on the southern edge of the neighborhood, the new structure will replace a vacant lot and one-story masonry building. The project is being led by Children’s Land Learning Center with an unknown architect.
