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CARPENTERSVILLE, ILL. — Leopardo Cos. Inc. has broken ground on a new 27,000-square-foot child and family center for Children’s Home + Aid in Carpentersville, approximately six miles north of Elgin. The site for the facility is at 229 Lake Marian Road. The Jerri Hoffmann Child + Family Center will rebuild the existing Tom Thumb Community Childcare Center, which has been serving at-risk children and families in the Carpentersville area since 1970. The new facility will expand the center’s capacity from 110 to 230 students. The center will include 15 classrooms, a gross motor skills room, outdoor play area, administrative spaces, staff lounge and kitchen. Leopardo is serving as general contractor on the project, which is set for completion in early summer 2015. Designhaus Inc. is providing architectural services for the project.

WEST CHICAGO, ILL. — Leopardo Cos. Inc. has completed the new 70,000-square-foot West Chicago Park District Athletics, Recreation and Community Center. The complex is located at 201 W. National St. in Reed-Kepler Park. The one-story park district facility includes three gyms, a fitness area and a play area for children. The project was completed on time and within its $15.5 million budget. The indoor recreation complex features an elevated walking and jogging track, dance and aerobic studios for group fitness classes, event rental space and a catering kitchen. Hoffman Estates-based Leopardo served as construction manager, with the Chicago office of Sink Combs Dethlefs as the architect of record.

ST. LOUIS — The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD) has purchased a 60,000-square-foot manufacturing building in St. Louis for an undisclosed price. The property was purchased for MSD Project Clear, MSD’s long-term initiative designed to improve water quality and alleviate wastewater concerns. The facility is located at 1600 Macklind Ave. on three acres. Part of the 60-year-old building situated near River Des Peres will be torn down to create access for MSD Project Clear, the project involves creating underground tunnels to store rain runoff during heavy storms, and then conveying it to wastewater treatment plants for treatment when storms pass. Hal Ball of Hilliker Corp. represented the seller, DFD Industries LLC in the transaction. MSD had internal representation in the transaction.

CLAYTON, MO. — The newly renovated Clayton Police Headquarters and Municipal Building in Clayton, a suburb of St. Louis, has earned Platinum LEED Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The six-story Colonial Williamsburg-style structure, built in 1959, becomes the first LEED-Platinum Certified law enforcement facility in Missouri. The property is located at 10 S. Brentwood Blvd. Pinnacle Contracting Inc. served as general works contractor on the project, which introduced 21st century technology and energy-wise features to approximately 83,000 square feet. Pinnacle helped achieve LEED Platinum status by developing construction waste management and indoor air quality plans followed by its sub-contractors. Other LEED features at the building include on-site energy generation (via the largest single-site solar array in Missouri); the installation of high-efficiency HVAC, lighting and water systems; and a facility-wide commitment to optimal indoor air quality plus thermal and lighting controls for all building users. The facility hosts a state-of-the-art police headquarters; forensic laboratories; a municipal court and offices; a back-up data center for the City of Clayton; and parking spaces for more than 150 vehicles in an adjacent structure. St. Louis-based The Lawrence Group served as architect for the project. Pinnacle's work at the facility exceeded $5 million.