Three Subcontractors File $900,000 in Liens on Obama Center Home Court as Cost Tops $1 Billion
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 25
Three Subcontractors File $900,000 in Liens on Obama Center Home Court as Cost Tops $1 Billion
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 25
Summary
$900,000 in new mechanics liens were filed by three subcontractors over unpaid work on the Obama Presidential Center's Home Court, covering structural steel, excavation and concrete, and gym flooring.
Area Erectors seeks nearly $620,000, CSI 3000 about $236,000, and Floors Incorporated nearly $25,000; the claims were recorded around the center's June 19 opening and only recently appeared online after a county posting delay.
Home Court was built under a separate contract by Elevate Design Builders rather than the main campus manager, Lakeside Alliance, and the liens do not by themselves establish which entity is legally responsible for payment.
Another three previously unreported liens totaling about $557,000 were also identified elsewhere on the project, adding to earlier disputes that included a more than $40 million claim later replaced by a surety bond.
The new claims deepen construction troubles at the Chicago project, whose estimated cost has climbed from about $350 million to more than $1 billion amid legal and contracting disputes.