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ROCKFORD, ILL. — Sunil Puri and business partner Dan Arnold have donated a 15,500-square-foot building to the YMCA. The building will be the site of the new YMCA Rockford branch, approximately 88 miles west of Chicago. The existing building is being renovated to incorporate cardio and weight training rooms, fitness classes, personal trainers, wellness coaches, senior social clubs, childcare and youth and sports programs and is slated to open in early 2016. The facility has an estimated value of $2.2 million and will be renamed the Puri Family YMCA. Sunil Puri is an international real estate entrepreneur and the founder of First Midwest Group, a full-service real estate development company based in Rockford.