A FINKL & SONS RELOCATION

CLIENT | A. Finkl & Sons

LOCATION | 1355 E. 93rd Street Chicago, IL 60619

GENERAL CONTRACTOR | Owner Self-Perform

START DATE | 2010

DATE COMPLETED | June 2014

PROJECT MANAGER | Sean Glowacz

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
After more than a century at its 2011 N. Southport address, A. Finkl & Sons began working with Alderman Michelle Harris, city officials, community leaders and neighborhood residents to build a state-of-the art manufacturing facility at the former Verson Steel plant at 1355 E. 93rd St. Its new location in the 8th Aldermanic Ward was 100% operational as of November 2013 and consists of 500,000 square feet of vacant manufacturing space on 55 acres. The company hired and/or retained 300 permanent jobs and created 505 temporary jobs in the process. The result of the move was a retrofitted 21st Century state-of-the-art steel making plant and a new relationship between Finkl Steel and their new neighbors in the Burnside community.

TARGET GROUP PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

  • Outreach & Outreach Conferences
  • Reporting
  • Asset Mapping
  • Auditing
  • Local Hiring Program
  • Payroll Services
  • Local Business Directory
  • Diversity Program
  • Economic Impact Study
  • Compliance and Monitoring
  • Budget Analysis
  • Capacity Study
  • Site Monitoring/ Visits
  • Employment
  • In-take Sessions
  • Program Development & Implementation
  • Contractor Commitment Meetings

PROJECT GOALS & ACHIEVEMENTS

  • 50% City Residency (40% achieved)
  • 40% MBE (44% achieved)
  • 8% WBE (8% achieved)


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