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Features - February 2004

Redo of U.S. Cellular Field

White Sox' Ballpark Takes Its Cuts
Cuts are being taken this off-season at U.S. Cellular Field, home of the Chicago White Sox. Full Story >>


Exterior, Interior Work on Drake Hotel

Refurbishing a Gem from the 1920s
Restoring Chicago's historic Drake Hotel has been a six-year, $45 million process of treading lightly and leaving no footprints. Full Story >>


Northwestern University's Lurie Project

Medical-Lab Building Tests Sitework, Design Teams
The team for the $165 million Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center had to dig deep. Full Story >>


Acute Care, Women's Health Facility

Twice the Construction for Lake Forest Hospital
Before contractors could begin building the new Lake Forest Hospital Outpatient & Acute Care Center in Grayslake, Ill., the team had to deal with delicate sitework issues. Full Story >>


New Life for Brickyard Mall

Urban Retailing Tenets Guide Redevelopment
For a quarter century, the Brickyard Mall symbolized the no-nonsense traits of mall merchandising in a middle-class neighborhood on Chicago's Northwest Side.
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An Early Look at Algonquin Commons

Sitework Hastened for Upscale 'Lifestyle Center'
Careful scheduling and design flexibility are paramount as Indianapolis-based Duke Construction races to meet an Oct. 7 grand-opening date on the $70 million, 420,000-sq.-ft. Algonquin Commons northwest of Chicago. Full Story >>




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