Bronzeville Retail Campus

Location:
City of Chicago Cook County, Illinois

Project Value:
$25M

Engage Civil Role:
Civil Engineering Firm of Record Stormwater Management
Site Sewer & Water Utility Parking Lot Design
R.O.W. Pavements
CDOT, OUC, DWM Approvals & Permits

Client:
Draper & Kramer

Timeline:
Aggressive design and permitting schedules. Construction completed on two projects Winter 2017. A third project currently in design.

For more than 120 years, the real estate firm of Draper & Kramer has been developing and managing properties all over Chicago. They’ve embarked on a phased plan to redevelop the Lake Meadows development, first construct- ed in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood during the 1950’s. Engage Civil serves as Civil Engineer for record for multiple projects at Lake Meadows, including a 2.2 acre re-visioning of a commercial outlet that adds several new retail venues, including the City’s first Culver’s restaurant, and major improvements to a 9-acre private park.

Managing the intricate process of designing new site utilities and grading that is both responsive to the requirements of Chicago’s Stormwater Manage- ment Ordinance and considerate of the maze of existing infrastructure on site is the primary challenge enjoyed by Engage. Site design elements include multiple parking lots, multiple drive-thru lanes, full site utilities, and stormwa- ter BMP’s including permeable pavement systems.