Leopardo Starts Four Municipal Construction Projects

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based Leopardo recently started work on four suburban Chicago, Ill. municipal construction projects.

The projects include:

West Chicago Community Recreation Center: Ground was recently broken on a new $15.5-million, 70,000-square-foot recreation center at Reed-Keppler Park. The facility (pictured) will be the only large one-story recreation center in the Chicago area, and will feature a three-court gymnasium, three-lane elevated jogging track, large fitness equipment area, dance/aerobic studio and group fitness room and indoor playground.

New Lenox Police Department: Work started on a new $11.2-million, 31,000-square-foot police station. When complete, the public safety facility will feature a state-of-the-art multi-purpose/training room and staff areas for code enforcement, investigations and command staff. New detention facilities include an enclosed, secure sally port, detention block, DUI processing area, interview rooms and juvenile detention area.

Bartlett Fire Station: Renovation and expansion work started on the fire protection district’s existing station No. 2. The $2.2-million, 10,000-square-foot project includes demolition of the existing building except for the apparatus bay, which will be renovated. The new addition will feature a kitchen/dining room, dayroom, exercise room, work room, office, meeting room, alarm room, laundry room, living quarters, showers and restrooms.

South Barrington Village Hall: Leopardo began work in August on a two-story, $2.1-million, 10,000-square-foot expansion of the existing 7,000-square-foot South Barrington Village Hall. The project will shift the police department completely to the lower level, allowing the village administration, including council chambers and village offices, to be relocated to the entire upstairs. The lower-level addition also includes a training facility/emergency command center.

Other recent Illinois civic projects completed by Leopardo include a 14,000-square-foot fire station in Romeoville, 200,000-square-foot police headquarters in Aurora, 63,000-square-foot police station in Hanover Park and a 24,000-square-foot fire station in Mount Prospect.