Commercial Development News

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There is closed spray foam insulation on the exterior walls and the roof joists and batt insulation in the interior walls.

This is to get ready for the tile installation.

The existing drop ceiling is being removed.

CARE on 4927 Main Street in Skokie

The solar system should roughly produce 200 gallons of hot water per day or 80,000 gallons per year.  Since animal rescue facilities use so much hot water this will help with saving heating costs.

We are bringing the water lines from the city main to each of the store fronts.

A utility vault is an underground room providing access to the water line and valves that are connected to the City main line  

The PVC for the bathroom, pedicure chairs and laundry room are done

We have installed EIFS ( Exterior Insulation and Finish System) on the exterior of the facade and gave it a stucco like texture.  Next step will be to install the metal roof.

We installed new Pella Impervia line fiberglass commercial windows.  We are ready to start the stucco.

The concrete floor in the dog kennels will slope to the trench drains to make cleaning very easy.

After grinding, epoxy and polishing

The old fire spray is falling off the joists so we are removing it all and will spray new cementitious fireproofing.

The concrete pad has been poured in the mechanical room for the water heaters and the concrete pads for the dog kennels are done.

The taping and mudding has been done and we can prime the new walls.

There has been additional insulation added between some of the walls for sound proofing

We have put up the concrete forms and have laid all  ready to have the concrete trucks line up tomorrow.  

The grade beam is a reinforced concrete beam that sits on the caissons to spread the load of the building.  This footing gives the grade beam something level to sit on.

The catio’s have also been framed.

The ceiling has been finished along with the lighting and heating ducts.

We are installing a roofing membrane on the parapet wall to protect the commercial building from water penetrating the roof.

We are framing the parapet walls and new store fronts for Teddy Rose and America’s Custom Home Builders.

We have built the walls for the dog kennels for the Adoption Center at C.A.R.E. in Skokie.

We had to drill 12 feet down in the ground, install a lot of rebar and then pour concrete to give the front of the building the necessary support.

The concrete has been patched after the underground plumbing work had been done.

The underground plumbing for the sinks and trench drains around the dog kennels has been started.

We had to add additional support to the current roof joists to support the new store fronts for Teddy Rose and America’s Custom Home Builders.

We have had the ceiling tiles and drywall removed along to get prepared for adding additional support to the front on the building to support a new facade and parapet wall.  

The existing roof was torn off and a new TPO flat roof was installed on the new strip mall.    

The parking lot has been paved and the parking lot strips have been painted.  Now we w need to wait at least 7 days before driving on the new asphalt.

We will be giving Teddy Rose Hair Salon and Day Spa and America’s Custom Home Builders a new look over the next few months.

We have added temporary shoring at each end of the warehouse and are adding additional lateral support to the outside walls before we can excavate.

The new water service is inside the building and we are back-filling where we ran the new water lines from the street to the building with stone.

The concrete vault has been installed to protect the valve at the water main in the street, we have brought the water line to the building and are digging inside the building to install the new water line.  

We have tapped into the main water line across the street and are bringing the new water line to the building.

Demolition has been completed and we have started to frame new walls.  

We have started the storm work to replace two existing sinking storm basins in the parking lot.  

Tuck pointing and power washing of the original building makes the building look brand new again.  

We have started to demolish the walls to create the wellness area, real life room and the cat feeding and laudry area.

The roof has been cut so that the demolition can begin to remove 1/2 of the existing warehouse to create 8 store fronts.  

We are adding additional steel supports to brace the wall and roof since we had to remove a column that was hidden in a wall that was demolished.

We will be building out an animal rescue and adoption facility for Community Animal Rescue Effort (C.A.R.E.) at their soon to be new location at 4927 Main St. in Skokie.

We have started to remove all the existing ceiling tiles, electrical conduits and HVAC duct work.

We have moved the RPZ values and have made the new fire sprinkler water connections to the existing Shalimar banquet hall.

We need to move the existing RPZ’s from the sprinkler room that will be demolished to the new sprinkler room location.

We had to move the water line from the portion of the building that is being demolished to the new water/sprinkler room so that we can begin demolition.

Before we could turn on the new fire sprinkler service, we need to perform a water flush test and a chlorination test for the fire department.  The new fire sprinkler service is up and running.

The existing fire sprinkler water service is in the portion of the building that we are demolishing.  We had to excavate and run a new water line to the new sprinkler room.

Construction to start soon!

We will be cutting about 1/3 of the warehouse to make room for parking along North Ave.  We will have to move the Fire Protection water service from the section of the building that is going to be demolished.