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Legends South Phase 6

Legends South is one of the City of Chicago’s most ambitious efforts to revitalize public housing. The project will include 2,400 mixed income rental and affordable homeownership units. Located on an L-shaped site at S. State Street and W. 45th Street, the development will include a four-story, 40-unit corridor building with 3,750 SF of commercial space and one three-story walk-up building. Complementing the apartment homes will be a small plaza at the intersection of State Street and 45th Street, designed to foster community gatherings and enhance the neighborhood’s public space. The development also includes 47 parking spaces

Parkside Phase 5

As the latest component of the Cabrini-Green redevelopment, Parkside 4 Phase III provides much-needed replacement housing to former Cabrini-Green residents. This mixed-income development includes a total of 99 units spread across an eight-story building, flanked by two mirrored three-story townhome low-rises. Apartments feature a mix of affordable and market rate units, providing all residents with a modern home in this Near North community.

Humboldt Park Passive Living

This mixed-use residential project will deliver a much-needed boost to the residents of Humbolt Park, and under-resourced neighborhood struggling with vacancies and gun violence. The building will rise four floors with 60 apartments and approximately 7,700 square feet of retail space including a grocery store and cafe. The project is officially Phius Design certified, which means it provides clean air and energy efficiency within an air-tight, continuously insulated building envelope.

Thrive Exchange South

Thrive Exchange is a transformative community investment in the South Shore neighborhood designed to address three critical needs in the community: access to health care, quality affordable housing, and financial stability. Thrive Exchange South is the first phase and includes the new construction of a six-story mid-rise building that will provide 43 units of affordable housing, feature approximately 2,760 square feet of retail space, and provide permanent on-site office space for Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago.

Babers Manor Apartments and Townhomes

Babers Manor is the third phase of the Stop Six neighborhood transformation, located in the heart of Fort Worth’s Black community and a touchstone for generations who grew up there. The entire redevelopment calls for 990 rental units of new mixed-income housing on roughly 47 acres. This phase will boldly represent the change and opportunity coming to the neighborhood with 15 new buildings spread across two city blocks. The project includes 80 units in a mix of configurations, as well as a new community center, including a clubhouse and playground.

Malcolm X College West Side Learning Center Expansion

Located in the Austin neighborhood, the West Side Learning Center at Malcolm X College offers associates degree program and advanced certificates in health science careers pathways. GMA is completing a new addition to the existing building, built in 1986, to add an assembly hall for teaching and learning. Renovations will include systems connections from the new addition along with interior mechanical and plumbing upgrades.

Auburn Gresham Apartments

With the first tower crane in Auburn Gresham in nearly 60 years, this affordable housing project represents new investment in south side communities. The Auburn Gresham Apartments is a mixed-use development featuring 58 apartments across two buildings offering residents modern living spaces. The retail components feature a West African food purveyor, spaces for the KLEO Community Center, and The Park Supper Club.

National Public Housing Museum and Residences

Located in the last building of the former Jane Addams Homes, the National Public Housing Museum details the history of public housing in America. This adaptive re-use project involves the restoration and build-out of a three-story building into 15 affordable apartments on one end and an immersive educational space on the other featuring a rotating collection of objects from public housing residents and a music room, where the beats of Diana Ross and the Supremes, Elvis Presley, and countless other musicians resonate from the heart of iconic housing projects.

County Building Renovations

The project involves preconstruction and construction phase services for the renovation of Floors 1, 2, and 5 at the County Building. The scope requires coordination within an active building housing tenants such as the County President, Board Room, Commissioners on the 5th floor, and the Clerk’s offices on the first and second floors, encompassing a total of 76,378 SF of renovations.

Dr. Dennis Deer Community Development Center

The Dr. Dennis Deer Community Development Center will house 20 young men from North Lawndale who either have pending or completed cases in the Circuit Court of Cook County. The goal for all residents is to help them transition to independent living, financial independence, and healthy lifestyles. The 20 housing units will feature a private bedroom, bathroom and kitchenette. The project includes both a gut rehab of an existing school and a new addition that will include an entire wing of office and program space.

Lawndale ReDefined

Lawndale ReDefined will reignite the Ogden corridor in North Lawndale with space for community gathering, health and wellness, opportunities for homeownership, jobs for today and preparation for the jobs of the future. The project includes a six-story affordable housing tower with 60 units and an extensive site landscaping plan that includes outdoor seating, public artwork, a history trail, and a misting sculpture. Commercial spaces include restaurants, retail, grocery store, and a flexible technology training and events space.

Schiller Place Apartments

Schiller Place Apartments, part of the redeveloped Cabrini-Green neighborhood, helps to preserve housing affordability. The transit-oriented development includes 48 affordable and market-rate apartments, where people across income levels can live together and benefit from the same community amenities. Each of the three, four-story buildings provide residents with a modern home in close proximity to the New City shopping center.

Gads Hill Brighton Park Early Learning Center

The Gads Hill Early Childhood Learning Center supports at-risk preschool-aged children and Early Head Start children and their families with effective research-based early learning and family services in classroom settings. The project involved a 20,000 SF adaptive reuse of an existing commercial space into a full-service learning environment with new classrooms, office space, new interior finishes, and an outdoor courtyard.

J. Erik Jonsson Central Library 6th Floor Renovation

GMA completed the 6th floor renovation creating a new space for the City Life, Education, and Work Skills Department providing job seekers with a training center and access to resources to help with obtaining employment. The space is configured to include adult literacy classrooms, ESL/GED classrooms, multi-purpose rooms, computer lab, and numerous study rooms. The project also included an exhibit dedicate to local Dallas visionaries. The scope of work included an interior build-out with minor upgrades to the roof and ADA compliance updates.

Chicago Joint Police Fire Training Academy

Joint Public Safety Training Academy

Located in West Humboldt Park, the Joint Public Safety Training Academy joins various Chicago Police and Fire Department training programs in a new, centralized campus transforming the way first responders are trained and prepared to serve. The facility integrates the latest training technology, provides a flexible work environment, and improves scenario-based training with indoor and outdoor space. Delivery of this important project improved public safety, created jobs, and spurred development in the surrounding community.

North Austin Center

The North Austin Community Center is a one-of-a-kind, 10-acre campus enabling equitable access to education, sports, and holistic wellness services on Chicago's west side. Highlights of the facility include the Jason Heyward Baseball Academy, with a baseball diamond and batting practice area, and the Chicago Fire FC Field, the City’s only indoor FIFA-regulation turf arena. The campus also houses after-school programming for more than 400 youth and over 100 free community hours per week that help create a stronger, healthier, safer community.

Pullman National Monument Administration & Clock Tower Building

Pullman National Monument, also known as The Pullman District and Pullman Historic District, was the first model planned industrial community in the United States. The district is significant for its historical origins in the Pullman Company, one of the most famous company towns in the United States, and scene of the violent 1894 Pullman strike. The district was designated a National Monument by President, Barack Obama, on February 19, 2015, making it a component of the National Park System. The scope of work for this historic building included tenant improvements to the three-story administration building for both administrative purposes and to create a fully functional public area that houses interpretive exhibits, a bookstore, central lobby area, multipurpose meeting rooms, staff offices, and conference space.

The Black House at Northwestern University

In 1968, Black students fought for the creation of this dedicated social space during a protest that transformed the history of Northwestern University. The renovated Black House delivers students with a welcoming space true to the buildings original sense of character and community. The first floor is dedicated to larger gatherings while the upper floors include office space, large group student organization space, and quiet space for students to relax and study.

University of Chicago Student Wellness Center

With the goal of taking a more holistic, integrative approach to providing health services for students, the University of Chicago's new Student Wellness Center consolidated the departments of Health, Counseling, and Wellness into a single facility to enhance student care. The LEED Gold facility, located on the ground level of the historic Lying-In Hospital, was renovated in keeping with its context and expanded to infill an existing courtyard to create more program space. The design included 18 exam rooms and 29 counseling offices.

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Joan and Paul Rubschlager Building

The iconic Rubschlager Building completes an 11-acre campus transformation into a hub for cutting edge patient care, research, and education. The 10-story, 480,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility serves as the premier Chicago-area destination for cancer and neuroscience care and provides a wide variety of services, including radiation therapy, infusion therapy, diagnostic imaging, integrative medicine, and expanded clinical trials. The building is directly connected to a new, six-story, 900-space enclosed parking garage, as well as a fourth-floor walkway joining the garage to the Rubschlager Building.

Cook County Health at Harrison Square

Harrison Square is a 13-acre mixed-used development transforming Chicago’s Illinois Medical District. GMA provided CMAR services for the interior build-out for the new Cook County Health and Hospitals System (CCHHS) offices. The scope of work included transforming more than 70,000 SF of space on seven floors into health clinics and medical offices for CCHHS. The project was delivered on-time and on-budget under a compressed seven-month schedule during the COVID-19 pandemic.

B-1248 Armament Shop

GMA completed mission-critical repairs and renovations to the B1648 Armament shop for the incoming F-35 flying mission. Renovations include floor plan changes, additional fixtures, rearrangement of restrooms, locker rooms, a new fire sprinkler system, ductwork modifications, and finishes upgrades. Repairs include refinished exterior doors/windows, refinishing damaged gutters, downspouts, and fascia.

C-17 Flight Simulator Facility

The project supports the 145th Airlift Wing's journey to convert from the C-130 Hercules to the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. The simulator is a state-of-the-art replica of a C-17 Globemaster III cockpit, that pilots can use to train without requiring the use of an actual aircraft. The project includes construction of an 11,500 SF structure with a two-story high bay in which to house the flight simulator, briefing rooms, administrative areas for training and support staff, equipment and maintenance rooms, storage spaces, and communications room supporting simulator operations.

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DFW ConRAC Elevator Modernization

The project involves decommissioning four hydraulic elevators and the installation of two MRL elevators in the Rental Car Facility. The existing equipment will be removed, then new equipment will be installed and connected to the Building Automation system and third-party software system. During construction, a temporary partition system will be erected around the elevators to shield construction from passenger view.

O'Hare Modernization Program - Relocation of Taxiway A & B

Over the last two years, our team has been responsible for the phased relocation of Taxiways A & B. This highly complex and ambitious taxiway project will enable the construction of the O’Hare 21 Terminal Area Plan (TAP) by clearing the way of taxiways and utilities for the new global terminal and satellites. The taxiway relocations consist of twelve separate construction projects, complex phasing plans, modifications to airport operations and extensive planning and collaboration between all stakeholders.

Midway International Airport Concourse A Food Court

The Midway Concessions Project is a three-year, $75 million upgrade—the first renovation in nearly 20 years—showcasing the authentic flavors and iconic style of Chicago. The project included tenant build-out for two concession spaces: Arami Sushi and Woodgrain Pizza. The scope of work included new architectural finishes, ceilings, walls and floors, and architectural millwork. GMA also installed a new HVAC, electrical, and plumbing systems as well as kitchen and sanitary waste.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Consolidation Project

The project enabled the Internal Revenue Services' (IRS) Chicago office, previously located in a leased office space, to consolidate their programs into federally owned office space designed and constructed on the 17th and 19th floors of the John C. Kluczynski Federal Building. The renovation consists of 35,000 SF of office space and upgrades to the existing MEP/FP systems.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Consolidation Project

The project enabled the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Chicago office, previously located in a leased office space, to consolidate their programs into federally owned office space designed and constructed on the seventh and eighth floors of the Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building. The scope of work included demolition and interior build-out of 27,881 SF, as well as some minor modifications to the existing meeting rooms, and A/V work at the storage closet at the GSA Conference Center on the third floor.

East Park Apartments

The East Park Apartments project included the complete renovation of a 153-unit building and all common area spaces. The work included demolition, electrical upgrades, new PTAC units, boilers, shower surrounds, doors, flooring, cabinets and painting. GMA completed major exterior upgrades such as masonry renovations, parking lot upgrades, a new steel bike structure, and perimeter fence. The units are fully furnished with on-site laundry, resident lounges, and a community room.

Park Boulevard Phase IIIB

Park Boulevard, located in Bronzeville on the site of the former Stateway Gardens building, is helping restore the Bronzeville community by providing an attractive and affordable mixed-income community in close proximty to downtown Chicago. Phase IIIB includes two five-story apartment buildings each containing 40 units for a total of 80 units. The units include a mix of studios and one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments.

Rauner Family Veteran Studios

The Rauner Family Veterans Studios in North Lawndale addresses the lack of affordable housing for veterans. The project provides 90 furnished studio apartments for low income, senior, and disabled military veterans who are referred by the U.S. Veterans Administration and the Chicago Housing Authority. As a supportive housing community, the building also includes individualized case management and peer support services.

Ebenezer-Primm Towers Senior Housing

Ebenezer-Primm Towers provides affordable senior living in Evanston. Built originally in 1976, the nine-story, 107-unit building offers comfortable and convenient housing and comprehensive senior services for low-income residents including Section 8 PBRA rental housing assistance. GMA completed unit renovations including new kitchen cabinets, appliances, flooring, HVAC upgrades, electrical improvements, and a new roof. The renovation work was completed in phases enabling the majority of residents to remain in-place during construction minimizing tenant moves and disruption.

Altgeld Gardens Apartments

Owned by the Chicago Housing Authority, the Altgeld Gardens Apartments provide public housing for 8,000 residents, of which 63% are living below the poverty line. GMA was responsible for renovating 315 units across 14 phases of work. The scope for each phase included installation of new LVP flooring, doors, kitchen cabinets, countertops, appliances and painting throughout. The phased were completed with tenants in-place, which required extensive coordination to minimize disruption.

Access Health Community Centers

Access Community Health Network (ACCESS) is the Chicago area’s largest provider of community health care with 35 health centers and serves as the medical home for more than 180,000 patients each year. GMA partnered with ACCESS to renovate five health clinics (Austin Family Health Center, Des Plaines Valley Health Center, Ashland Family Health Center, Madison Health Center and Warren Health Clinic) in an effort to increase their service offerings. GMA worked closely with ACCESS’ facilities team to turn conceptual designs into a finished clinic.

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