Construction updates
- The Center
- Building the Center
Get a glimpse into the construction work happening at the Obama Presidential Center campus.
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- The Center
- Building the Center
Have you been keeping up with our Construction Updates? Here's our big 2025 mid-year recap!
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- Building the Center
- Sustainability
Celebrate Sustainability Month with us and take a look at the latest developments at the Presidential Center
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
Get a peek at the basketball hoop-shaped exterior wedge walls.
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
The Home Court at the Obama Presidential Center was topped out —which means the steel skeleton of the building is complete!
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
The Home Court at the Obama Presidential Center was topped out —which means the steel skeleton of the building is complete!
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
Get a peek at the steel framing for the athletics facility, museum building stone installation and an update on the latest artwork.
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
Concrete construction across the site is complete. The Sky Room and Oval Office are taking shape.
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
The Museum Building at the Obama Presidential Center has reached its final height of 225 feet.
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
Check out the latest construction update at the Obama Presidential Center.
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
See the latest photos and stay up-to-date on the building process.
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
The days may be getting cooler, but things are heating up at the Obama Presidential Center!
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
Construction has reached the third floor, where a reconstruction of the Obama Oval Office will be on exhibit.
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
It has been a season of great progress! The height of the stair and elevator wells have passed the halfway-point of the building.
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
Work on the Museum building has reached an exciting milestone with the placement of the street level deck to form the concrete floor at this level.
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
Major structural work on the underground parking garage is complete!
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
As the Center continues to take shape, we are thrilled to reach a new milestone in its construction.
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
Construction at The Center has picked up considerably since the holidays, aided by the unseasonably mild weather.
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
As construction of the Obama Presidential Center enters its second year, the focus is almost entirely on concrete.
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
The organization is on track to meet its ambitious workforce and business diversity goals for construction.
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
The majority of columns for the lower level of the parking garage have been cast and construction of the concrete walls is nearly complete.
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- Building the Center
- Barack Obama
Watch as President Obama surprises the construction crew and tours the site.
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
Mass excavation and earth retention is complete and the focus is now squarely on concrete operations.
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
Two tower cranes were installed to facilitate the construction of the Garage and Museum Building.
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
A metal perimeter around the subterranean level of the main buildings and parking garage will prevent water from infiltrating the buildings.
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
Progress on constructing the Obama Presidential Center continues with relatively few inclement weather delays.
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
Drilling for geothermal wells is nearly complete, and work to connect the wells through a series of lateral ducts is about a third of the way finished.
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
Drilling began for the first caissons that will support the underground parking garage.
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
This event will bring members of the disabilities community up to speed on the current approach to inclusive design at the OPC.
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- Building the Center
- Barack Obama
Mayor Lightfoot and Governor Pritzker joined President and Mrs. Obama for the ceremony, each sharing remarks.
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
Roadway improvements will continue and construction will begin within the 19.3 acre site of the Center that sits within Jackson Park.
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- Building the Center
- Chicago
Expect lane closures as preparatory work to remove the existing median on Cornell Drive and install a new one begins.
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