Salud Center

Skender transformed the historic YMCA building into a 101-unit, 140,000-square-foot community residential building.

This project was an occupied rehab construction requiring careful construction sequencing and logistics to ensure safe, smooth delivery and minimal interference with residents’ lives.

Client/Owner

Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH) & Claretian Associates

Architect

Architrave & Canopy architecture + design

Square Footage

140000

Number of Floors

Number of Units

101

Located in South Chicago at 3039 E. 91st Street, this building provides affordable housing for low-income seniors. Skender and POAH coordinated the temporary relocation of residents while individual units were renovated.

Working in five-day construction cycles, Skender turned around six units per week, including new flooring, lighting and plumbing trim in-unit bathrooms and kitchens. Skender also renovated the common areas and completed a full upgrade of the boiler room equipment, replacement of the façade exterior insulation finishing system, and a new thermoplastic polyolefin roof.