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Chicago water management facility planned for former Mayfair Lumber site in Jefferson Park
by BRIAN NADIG
The construction of a new city Department of Water Management facility is planned for the former Mayfair Lumber yard, 4825 W. Lawrence Ave., which the city acquired in 2020 for nearly $10 million.
The city has been using the site for the parking of streets and sanitation vehicles and at times has stored roadway salt there. The approximately 10-acre parcel served as home to Mayfair Limber until 2013 and also includes land that was not part of the lumber operations.
The Chicago Public Building Commission will hold a meeting for those interested in submitting a design-build proposal for the project at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 29, at the Copernicus Center, 5216 W. Lawrence Ave. Registration starts at 10:30 a.m. Proposals are due Feb. 19.
The new facility would allow for the consolidation of services from multiple Northern District sites, including the existing water management facility at 4900 W. Sunnyside Ave., and the Mayfair Pumping Station, 4850 W. Wilson Ave.
The new facility would serve Jefferson Park, Portage Park, Forest Glen, Dunning, Albany Park, Irving Park, Belmont Cragin and Hermosa.
The pumping station was built more than 100 years ago and includes ornate features. It’s not clear how this project will impact the building’s future.
The request for proposals includes the following project description:
“The project scope is anticipated to include but is not limited to a new, approximately +/- 110,000 sq. ft., building to house the administrative operations of DWM, warehouse, inventory storage, with interior garage spaces along considerations for future expansion.
“Program areas include spaces to accommodate; entity lobby, admin suite, staff accommodations, collaborative space, restroom facilities, inventory department with offices and support spaces, warehouse department with offices and support spaces, utility spaces and required building support.
The water management department purifies and delivers approximately 750 million gallons of drinking water to residents of Chicago and 120 suburbs daily, with 42 percent of the state getting its water from the city, according to the RFP.
The department also removes wastewater and storm runoff through the sewer system where it is then conveyed to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago for processing.
The project also will require the removal and/or relocation of the majority of existing utilities located on the property. All sewers on the property will be removed as well as any water services to the existing structures.
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