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Video: There's Something About a Space
In 2003, IFF and the Grand Victoria Foundation entered into a partnership called Building Blocks. One component of the initiative is early care and education classroom renovations. This video demonstrates the impact of this initiative.
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Access Living
IFF was hired to assess the feasibility of creating a permanent headquarters for the agency’s staff and clients, and later to manage site selection and construction of a new facility.
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Carole Robertson Center for Learning
The 21,000-square-foot, 12-classroom Little Village Family Resource Center was developed to meet the acute need for child care in Chicago’s Little Village community.
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Catholic Charities
Seeking to increase their capacity and serve a larger age range of children, Catholic Charities hired IFF to manage the renovation and expansion of the Our Lady of Lourdes center.
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Catholic Charities
IFF managed the renovation and expansion of the St. Joseph’s Early Childhood Center serving Chicago’s southwest side.
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Centers for New Horizons
The 21,000-square-foot Effie Ellis Community Center contains 12 classrooms serving approximately 200 children in Chicago’s Kenwood and surrounding communities.
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Charles H. Shaw Technology and Learning Center,
home of Henry Ford Academy Power House High
IFF was approached to evaluate adaptive reuse options for the decommissioned, 100-year-old Sears, Roebuck & Company Power house in North Lawndale and was asked to manage every aspect of the project.
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Children’s Home + Aid
Children’s Home + Aid didn’t hesitate to step forward as the provider when IFF and the City of Chicago identified West Englewood as a high-need community for child care and early education.
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Children’s Home + Aid Marletta Darnall Schaumburg Child + Family Center
CH+A came to IFF for assistance developing its Marletta Darnall Schaumburg Child + Family Center. CH+A hired IFF as owner’s representative to see their project through to completion and relied on IFF for a $1M bridge loan when state funds were suspended. IFF skillfully worked through major hurdles that ultimately saved CH+A money.
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Erie Family Health Center
Erie Family Health has engaged IFF to assist with the full spectrum of their real estate needs—from feasibility assessments, to site searches, to owner’s representative services.
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Gads Hill Center
IFF was first hired to assess financial feasibility of the project, negotiate a favorable lease arrangement and more. Three years later, IFF managed construction of this 12,110-square-foot, eight-classroom project.
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Lakeview Pantry
IFF identified space in the heart of the pantry's gentrified Chicago community, assessed financial feasibility for the site, hired the architect and contractor and managed construction. The new space reflects Lakeview Pantry’s mission to treat all program participants with dignity and respect.
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Marwen
IFF managed design and construction of Marwen’s 11,500-square-foot permanent home in Chicago’s burgeoning and expensive gallery district. The end result was a space that Marwen and its students could be proud of, rivaling the quality and beauty of nearby loft and gallery spaces.
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Metropolitan Family Services
IFF managed construction of the new Children’s Center. The center's completion was the final piece of a major community revitalization project on Chicago's southwest side that includes new commercial, residential, and senior facilities.
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The Night Ministry
Appropriately locating interim and transitional housing within a community is challenging. IFF staff identified an ideally-located property, negotiated a purchase agreement, assisted TNM through a complicated acquisition process, and managed the building's renovations.
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Noble Network of Charter Schools
IFF has assisted Noble in all aspects of its facility and financing needs, including front end planning, finding suitable sites for its campuses, negotiating the lease or purchase of sites, overseeing design, and providing oversight during construction.
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One Hope United
IFF, with the support of Grand Victoria Foundation and the City of Elgin, engaged all sectors of the community over a four-year period to plan and develop a new, two story, 21,400-square-foot child and family resource center.
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The Resurrection Project
IFF, in partnership with The Resurrection Project, Holy Cross IHM Parish and Chicago Commons Association, initiated an effort to build a new family resource center in Chicago's Back-of-the-Yards/New City community, an area previously served by only one small child care center.
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St. Leonard’s Ministries
The 16,200-square-foot Michael Barlow Center was completed two months early and under budget. The Center is realizing its full potential with tutoring, an alternative high school, a computer lab, job skills training, and job placement and retention services.
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