Skender has completed construction on a 38,000-square-foot facility expansion for the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

The new prepared meals center, located at 4100 W. Ann Lurie Place, was completed seven weeks ahead of schedule and has enabled the food bank to increase its response to hunger with the capacity to distribute up to 10,000 scratch-made meals per day.

The project team included JLL as owner’s rep, Partners by Design as an architect, Skender as a general contractor, V3 Companies as a civil engineer, Buro Happold as a structural engineer, Salas O’Brien as a mechanical engineer, and PM&E Partners as food processing engineer.

The expansion added a commercial kitchen for meal preparation, cold storage spaces to support the food preparation areas, a new lobby and 11.5 acres of site work. Skender also coordinated and facilitated the installation of a singular Hydroponic Container Farming Unit.

“The Greater Chicago Food Depository is a pillar of our community, and it’s been an honor to help them expand and serve more people than ever before,” said Eric Fiket, Senior Project Manager and Team Leader at Skender.

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