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Skender Finishes Construction of New Ace Hardware HQ
Skender has completed the 250,000-square-foot build-out of Ace Hardware Corporation’s new headquarters. The project, located at 2915 Jorie Boulevard in Oak Brook, transforms the main building on the former McDonald’s corporate campus into a modern, amenity-filled workplace for the hardware retailer.
The Ace Hardware project team includes Skender as the general contractor, CBRE Design Collective as the architect and ESD, now Stantec Consulting Services, as the engineer.
“We’ve worked very closely with Ace from the early pre-construction, budgeting and design phase all the way through completion,” said Tom Walsh, Project Manager at Skender. “We were able to see first-hand their excitement grow with each construction milestone.”
The Dirk Lohan-designed campus was completed in 1988. The former McDonald’s site spans more than 80 acres and was home to a 130,484-square-foot Hamburger University training facility. The fast food giant moved its headquarters to downtown Chicago in 2019.
