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The new station consists of a two-story, 44,000-square-foot masonry building with a design based on the Police Station Prototype. The project is designed to accommodate a staff of 450 people over three shifts and contains male/female locker rooms, roll call room, exercise room,sallyport, holding cells, interview rooms, evidence areas, 100 seat community room,administrative and general offices, and a 150-foot communications tower.

LEED Features: This project is designed to achieve the goal of LEED “Gold” Certification and includes a turbine generator waste heat recovery system, green roof over 50%, roof and paving selected to reduce heat island effects, environmentally friendly and recycled material usage, and a sophisticated building energy management system.

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LEED Certified: GOLD

This new Police Station will replace the existing police station located at 3600 North Halsted. The current station was built in the 1930’s and does not have adequate space or amenities to service the Town Hall District. The new station will consist of a two story 44,000-square-foot masonry building with a design based on the prototype for other new police stations that have been built throughout the City. The project is designed to accommodate a staff of 450 people over three shifts and will contain male/female locker rooms, roll call room, exercise room, sallyport, holding cells, interview rooms, evidence areas, 100 seat community room, administrative and general offices and a 150 foot communications tower.

LEED Features: This project will be designed to achieve the goal of LEED “Gold” Certification and includes a turbine generator waste heat recovery system, heat island effect reduction pavement, drought resistant landscaping, and a sophisticated building energy management system.

Awards:

• 2011 Chicago Architecture Foundation Patron of the Year Nomination

*formerly the 23rd District Police Station

LEED Certified GOLD

Mayor Daley opened the new Englewood Station on March 21, 2009.

The New 7th District Police Station will be located on the northwest corner of South Loomis and West 63rd Street. PD #7 will accommodate approximately 247 parking spaces located on the 4 acre site. PD #7 is a 2 story, 44,000-square-foot masonry structure.

The Program for PD #7 includes a Spacious Public Lobby, a Community Room, Community Relations Offices, Administrative Offices, Male and Female Locker Rooms for 400 Officers, Workout Room, and Garage Space, a Lock-Up Containing 12 Cells and 4 Group Holding Cells, Pre-Processing and Processing Areas, and a Sallyport. The facility also includes state-of-the-art command and communication infrastructure, and video arraignment linking the lock-up to the courtroom.

The new station will be twice the size of the current Englewood District Police Station that was built in 1954 at 6120 South Racine Ave.

LEED Features: This project is designed to achieve the goal of LEED “Gold” Certification and includes a “Green” roof over 50% of the roof area, a turbine generator waste heat recovery system, and a sophisticated building energy management system.

Awards:

• American Council of Engineering Companys – Illinois Engineering Merit Award

LEED Certified GOLD

On December 13, 2008 Mayor Richard M. Daley cut the ribbon on the new 2 story, 44,000-square-foot masonry police station. This $29.2 million project includes a 226 car parking garage structure and 24 surface parking spaces and is contained on a 2.67 acre site.

The new facility includes features such as a spacious public lobby, a Community Room, a Community Relations Office, a secured viewing and line up room, a separate two station entrance (Sallyport) for arrested personnel, a video arraignment room, a telecommunication room, a fitness room, a video wall roll call room, a security monitoring system, and a quiet room for officers.

The new station is nearly five times the size of the previous Deering District Police Station which was built in 1938 at 3501 S. Lowe Avenue.

LEED Features: This project was designed to achieve the goal of LEED “Gold” Certification and includes a “Green” roof over 50% of the roof area, a turbine generator waste heat recovery system, environmentally friendly and recycled material usage, and a sophisticated building energy management system.