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Sprout Social collaborated with Skender and Partners by Design to expand its HQ by 64,000 square feet. Skender served as general contractor on the social media management company’s original HQ build-out in 2016.

By unifying design, construction and manufacturing under one roof, we’re revolutionizing how the industry builds.

Skender recently completed the 60,000-square-foot, 15-story rehabilitation of the Elgin Tower Building, a historic centerpiece in downtown Elgin, Illinois. Condemned in 2014 due to a fire, the former bank-turned-office building underwent a complete gut rehab transformation into 44 market-rate apartment units with modern finishes. Skender, serving as general contractor, collaborated with St. Louis-based architect Webster Design, owner Capstone Development Group and the City of Elgin to complete the monumental project.

Skender recently completed interior construction of the 176,000-square-foot headquarters for retail real estate company GGP at River North Point. This video highlights the new, three-floor space. The project was a collaboration between GGP, Skender, ARCHIDEAS, Environmental Systems Design, JLL and a team of talented trade specialists.

Skender is going red for women to help support the American Heart Association’s #GoRed Campaign to bring awareness and learn more about heart disease.

Wilson Sporting Goods Co. wanted to move its HQ to a new 90,000 SF space in downtown Chicago. They partnered with Skender Construction to build out the new space in One Prudential Plaza by Millennium Park with amazing features of metal mesh walls, two-story connecting stair, and custom graphics of sports fields on their cafe floor.

Planning a helicopter lift at the Merchandise Mart in Chicago is complex. A number of challenges presented themselves – from pedestrian safety to lifting heavy mechanical equipment from a barge on the Chicago River.

For the new 176,000-square-foot office space being built by Skender Construction for GGP Inc., K13 insulation is applied to help keep noise levels down in the open-office floor plan.

The Climate Corporation’s 21,000-square-foot Chicago office, built by Skender Construction and designed by Shive-Hattery with COR Consulting as owner’s representative. The Climate Corporation is a subsidiary of Monsanto Company and creator of digital tools to help farmers sustainably increase their productivity.

Skender completed a 52,000-SF office build-out for Glassdoor, one of the world’s largest and fastest growing job sites. Located at 1330 W. Fulton Market in Chicago, the new open office workspace spans one and a half floors and features curved glass, metal and wood integrated millwork, a curved operable partition, two kitchens and a cafe. Skender collaborated with design firm Valerio Dewalt Train Associates and owner’s representative Project Management Advisors, Inc.

Experience #SkenderHQ move-in day! We captured initial employee reactions and reflections on day one at 1330 W Fulton, a Sterling Bay property known as Fulton West. Special thanks to our architect, Perkins+Will.

Skender Foundation hosted its sixth annual fundraiser, Summer Eclipse, on July 20, 2017 at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA). This yearÕs event highlighted Chicago Youth Programs (CYP), an award-winning organization that serves children across the entire city with a simple philosophyÑto impact the long-term outcome of a childÕs life, you must serve the child long-term.

A total of $400,000 was raised in one night by sponsors and more than 500 event attendees. Of that, $30,000 will be donated to CYP while the balance will be dispersed to other charities dedicated to education and wellness throughout the year. In 2016, Skender Foundation donated to more than 100 different charity organizations.

Our “Blueprint for Growth” goal reminds us to maintain our core values and culture as we grow. This video shows the mural installation by artist Amanda Paulson at our new headquarters. For more on building cultures, listen to the #WorkTrends interview with Skender’s Lisa Latronico: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/talentculture/2017/09/13/building-great-cultures

“One of the ways that we show we value our employees is giving them a great workplace,” said Hannah French, Capital One’s senior manager of workplace solutions. Capital One partnered with Skender to build its 50th “superfloor” into a collaborative, inviting and flexible workspace.

Mead Johnson’s Molly McDermott discusses her experience working with Skender on the interior construction of Mead Johnson’s new 64,000-SF office at 444 W. Lake Street, Chicago.

It’s not every day that we get to lift a retired Chicago CTA train car to the roof of a building. This brief video documents our experience from earlier this year. Many thanks to all those who helped make it happen!

A brief glimpse of Skender’s construction work for a confidential tech client in Fulton Market.

Skender built out the interior of its own new corporate HQ at 1330 W. Fulton Market. This video is a fun highlight reel of the first half of interior construction.

Newly completed construction of a luxury automotive service center, completed on an 8.5-acre urban fill plot in ChicagoÕs Goose Island neighborhood.

Peter Granat, CEO of Chicago-based Cision, talks about the construction of Cision’s new corporate headquarters.

An interview with Howard Tullman (CEO, 1871) on the expansion of 1871, the people behind this “startup factory” and the difference between and vendor and a partner.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) is an educational research and scientific association of physicians organized to raise and maintain the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology and improve the care of the patient. Since its founding in 1905, the Society’s achievements have made it an important voice in American Medicine and the foremost advocate for all patients who require anesthesia or relief from pain. In 2014, ASA moved their headquarters from Park Ridge to Schaumburg, IL. This new 3-story, glass-faade building was highly customized to serve their many needs and performs a variety of functions.

Constructing laboratory space at Motorola Mobility’s new corporate headquarters required a specialized approach.

We asked our clients and project partners to comment on their experience with Skender Construction after the completion of Motorola Mobility. Thank you to CBRE, Gensler, Motorola Mobility and Google for participating.

Skender Construction’s project management team used many methods to build 600,000 square feet of office, research and laboratory space for Motorola Mobility’s new corporate headquarters at the Merchandise Mart.

Adaptive reuse projects are challenging, yet very rewarding. Skender Construction and other project partners had a lot to consider when they transformed three full floors at the Merchandise Mart, an 80-year-old building into the new corporate headquarters for Motorola Mobility.

Building Motorola Mobility’s GNPO facility required specialized planning.

How did Skender Construction’s project management team approach an aggressive schedule to build Motorola Mobility’s new corporate headquarters? Smart planning includes all players and incorporates collaboration from the start.

Highlighting Summer Eclipse and ChiArts with Ana Belaval at The Underground Chicago.

A time lapse video of the new 3-story, 75,000 SF office facility constructed for ASA.
Architects: Tilton, Kelly + Bell; Epstein
General Contractor: Skender Construction

Motorola Mobility’s new corporate headquarters in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart is a once-in-a-lifetime project. This case study details how the project team collaborated to bring this 600,000 SF project to life in 45 weeks.

Motorola Mobility’s new corporate headquarters in Chicago’s Merchandise Mart is a once-in-a-lifetime project. This case study details how the project team collaborated to bring this 600,000 SF project to life in 45 weeks.

Owner Dan Rosenthal discusses his experience completing 9,200 square foot dual restaurant buildout at Northwestern Memorial Hospital with Skender.