Preservation and Repurposing

The Amicus Companies LLC
PRESERVATION & REPURPOSING:
Some buildings have historical significance, others have a
strong sense of community attachment, but there are
many more reasons why efforts should be made to pre-
serve the many examples of architectural creativity that
exist across the country. Many of these vintage structures
have proven value to their city, town, or village and
should be seen as candidates for preservation and/ or re-
purposing. Sometimes they represent a little known story
surrounding the neighbor, sometimes they were the
efforts of an institution to obtain a specific goal or en-
shrine an idea.
Regardless of their origins many buildings have become
emblematic. They represent their neighborhoods and
have become icons. To that end, that uniqueness is what
Amicus seeks to preserve and when possible repurpose.
Breathing new life into a building while bringing them
into the modern times. All the while maintaining the char-
acter that set each building apart to begin with.
PRESERVATION&REPURPOSING
205 E. Butterfield Rd.
#463
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126
Phone:
630-228-0650
www.ipm-amicus.com

#463
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126
Phone:
630-228-0650
www.ipm-amicus.com
THE AMICUS APPROACH:
Unlike other development companies, Amicus firmly be-
lieves in following the client’s vision and strives to work in
conjunction with the full recognition of this vision. This
approach follows a multi-step development process. Each
step Amicus understands and can accommodate.
PLANNING AND BUDGETING:
Once the client’s need is recognized the next questions
are “What can we do about it?” and “How much will it
cost to solve it?” General estimates about what is re-
quired, the alternatives & exit strategies, and their costs
are evaluated through feasibility studies. Estimates will
include building costs, new equipment purchases, and
moving expenses. Budget requests are introduced to al-
low for initial financial planning.
CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION:
Upon securing funding and completion of construction
documents, construction will begin. Amicus begins
“construction administration” during schematic design.
Amicus initiates the dialogue between architects, engi-
neers, and our construction administrators at project in-
ception to discuss constructability issues from a construc-
tion administration viewpoint. This communication opti-
mizes the potential for construction efficiencies based on
the expertise of the team members who spend most of
their time in the field.
ADDITIONAL TEAM MEMBERS:
Amicus has the ability to add additional expertise to the
effort. Through the years Amicus has worked with other
professionals who may assist in the design, development
and operation of any of the needed facilities.
Amicus recognizes that its clients have existing business
and donor relationships and is committed to making cer-
tain that these parties of interest are treated fairly. We
will adhere to the purchasing and procurement policies of
the client.

Amicus provided advisory services to the Unitarian Univer-
salist Congregation in Oak Park, IL in the restoration pro-
ject of the Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1909 masterpiece , Unity
Temple. This process included the creation of a Strategic
Development Summary that encompassed Site Investiga-
tions and Recommendations as well as Steering Com-
mittee Updates. Amicus led initiatives were tailored to
help this historic building remain a prominent civic corner
stone to the Oak Park community by increasing the resto-
ration committee’s efforts in its preservation.
Completion Date: Ongoing
Budget: $3,000,000
00Unity Temple Masterplan
00Unity Temple, IL
#463
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126
Phone:
630-228-0650
www.ipm-amicus.com

The renovation of the historic Goldblatt Building into De-
Paul Center was completed through a close collaboration
between the City of Chicago and DePaul University. The
long-vacant structure now houses DePaul academic, ad-
ministrative and student support space, as well as admin-
istrative offices for the City of Chicago and retail space
with Jackson, State and Van Buren street frontages within
700,116 gross sq. ft. Antunovich Associates were selected
as interior design architects, Daniel Coffey Associates
worked as the historic architect for the building’s exterior .
In 1996 the DePaul Center was awarded the Design Excel-
lence Award by the AIA.
Completion Date: January 1993
Budget: $65,000,000
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#463
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126
Phone:
630-228-0650
www.ipm-amicus.com
00DePaul Center
00DePaul University, IL

In 2015 Amicus answered a call for RFPs released by IIT
for the sale of Historical Main building on their campus.
Understanding the importance of maintaining the historic
nature of the red brick building Amicus worked to assem-
ble a world-class team including: Arrival Partners,
MacRostie Historic Advisors, and Daspin & Aument LLP to
create a plan to turn the aged educational facility into a 5
story boutique hotel housing 85 guest rooms in 66,743
sq.ft. of renovated space. This unique conversion would
have also included restaurant/ pub space accessible at
street level for the hotel and public, and a lounge/ dining
room on the 5th floor for conferences and events.
Completion Date: March 2015
Budget: $23,000,000
00Restoration & Redevelopment of the Main Building
00Illinois Institute of Technology, IL
#463
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126
Phone:
630-228-0650
www.ipm-amicus.com

Originally established as a seminary for the Society of the
Divine Word, Techny Towers now serves as an ecumenical
center for religious, social, educational, service and other
nonprofit organizations. The center is comprised of three
chapels and several other buildings which house meeting
rooms, guest rooms with private baths, a dining hall, and a
bookstore. Restoration was needed throughout the cen-
ter.
Completion Date: June 2008
Budget: $12,000,000
#463
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126
Phone:
630-228-0650
www.ipm-amicus.com
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00Fullerton & Clifton Student Hall
00Techny Towers
00Northbrook, IL

The “campus in the clouds” is back with this renovation of
the historic 19-story building built in 1929, which had been
previously unoccupied for several years. Cleveland State
University’s Fenn Tower was unveiled to the public on Au-
gust 15, 2007 in all its 1929 grandeur, just in time for fall
semester where it will serve as luxurious new student
housing for up to 438 students. Amicus was engaged to
conduct a feasibility study and manage a developer selec-
tion process
Completion Date: August 2007
Budget: $140,000,000
00Fenn Tower Student Housing
00Cleveland State University, OH
#463
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126
Phone:
630-228-0650
www.ipm-amicus.com

This Amicus project focused on the conversion of a his-
toric building downtown Milwaukee into a mixed-use re-
tail, student & senior housing facility for the Milwaukee
Institute of Art & Design. The finished project would have
included 4 floors with 252 beds with 9 RA rooms. This
concept would have included 55,000 sq.ft. of retail space
at street level. Architectural design was performed by
Daniel P. Coffey + Associates.
Completion Date: October 2008
Budget: $22,000,000
00Lindsay Building Historic Renovation
00Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, WI
#463
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126
Phone:
630-228-0650
www.ipm-amicus.com

Amicus provided strategic real estate advisory services
and conceptual planning for the repurposing of the Cam-
pus for Moody Bible Institute. This followed two major as-
pects of strategic campus development:
1) assessing key campus facility needs and opportunities
to enhance the campus environment, and
2) identifying strategies and potential revenue enhance-
ment from selling, leasing, or joint-developing real es-
tate not needed for long-term campus development.
Budget: N/A
00Moody Bible Institute Masterplan
00Moody Bible Institute, IL
#463
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126
Phone:
630-228-0650
www.ipm-amicus.com

Mather Mansion was the home of the iron-mining million-
aire, Samuel Mather. The style of the house is Tudor Goth-
ic Revival. The 45-room house was completed in 1910 and
cost more than one million dollars, the most expensive
house ever built in Cleveland at the time. In 1973, the
mansion became the first to be included in the National
Register of Historic Places. It also is an Ohio historical site
and a Cleveland landmark. Currently, Mather Mansion
houses the Division of University Advancement. Amicus
handled the RFP process for the University.
Completion Date: June 2007
Budget: N/A
#463
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126
Phone:
630-228-0650
www.ipm-amicus.com
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00Mather Mansion Restoration
00Cleveland State University, OH

After Amicus’ undertaking of building management, this
historic building now operates at 100% occupancy with a
waiting list through September 2013. It was a unique
management plan and carefully tailored approach that
led to the stabilization of a property that might have oth-
erwise been lost as a profitable venture.
Budget: n/a
00Roosevelt Student Residence
00Multi-University, IL
#463
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126
Phone:
630-228-0650
www.ipm-amicus.com

Amicus worked with the UWO Newman Center on the ac-
quiring of a well maintained convent for the repurposed
use as the Newman Student House. This included meeting
with the Parish, Diocese of Green Bay, and the Newman
Center, coordinating advisory meetings, presenting con-
ceptual information, and running preliminary financial
projections. The facility houses 15 students, as well as 1
bedroom units for both the Newman Center Director and
a Community Manager. A repurposed room was created
for a building chapel, a recreation room, and laundry facili-
ties. Amicus currently operates the building as property
manager.
Budget: $500,000
00UW Oshkosh Catholic Campus Ministry
00University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh, WI
#463
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126
Phone:
630-228-0650
www.ipm-amicus.com

When DePaul University acquired Barat College, in order
to expand and consolidate its Lake Forest Campus. DePaul
undertook a planning process for the renovation of the
historic Old Main Building with plans to add student resi-
dences, a student union, recreation center, parking facili-
ties and a performing arts center. The new campus was
designed by Antunovich Associates and renovations were
to be done by JC Anderson. The new campus would have
fit onto 435,000 gross sq. ft.
Completion Date: September 2003
Budget: $140,000,000
00DePaul University—Barat Campus Masterplan
#463
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126
Phone:
630-228-0650
www.ipm-amicus.com

St. Boniface Church was established for German immi-
grants in 1865. With roots in Chicago history that predate
the great Chicago Fire of 1871, St. Boniface plays an inte-
gral role in helping to reshape and rebuild its neighbor-
hood and city. Amicus worked with the City of Chicago
and the local community to develop a senior housing facil-
ity that would accommodate approximately 75 beds. The
expressed intent was to save as much of the facade
(towers) as possible. Designed by Vasilko Architects and
Associates the finished product would be 60,000 gross sq.
ft.
Budget: $20,000,000
#463
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126
Phone:
630-228-0650
www.ipm-amicus.com
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00St. Boniface Senior Living
00Chicago, IL

This proposal contemplated the creation of the Louis Sulli-
van Student Union from the repurposing of the lower level
of the Carson Pirie Scott building downtown Chicago. The
new building would have been close to many downtown
institutions including Robert Morris, Argosy, SAIC, and
Kendall College. The target audience is the young profes-
sional between the ages of 18 and 35 enrolled in local un-
dergraduate, graduate, and continuing education pro-
grams. Amicus worked to create concept modeling, mar-
ket research, financial analysis, and feasibility studies.
Budget: $65,000,000
00Louis Sullivan Student Center
00Multi-University, IL
#463
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126
Phone:
630-228-0650
www.ipm-amicus.com

The five-story Levan Building provides DePaul’s Lincoln
Park Campus with state-of-the-art classrooms for 1300
students. This building creates an important connection
between two historic structures, Levan Hall and O'Connell
Hall, while providing a new “front door” to the Schmitt
Academic Center. Designed by Antunovich Associates
when Levan was finished it measured 52,700 gross sq. ft.
Budget: $65,000,000
00Thomas P. Levan Classroom Building
#463
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126
Phone:
630-228-0650
www.ipm-amicus.com

This existing manufacturing building was renovated and
restored into academic space, commercial office space
and the Lincoln Park branch of the Chicago Public Library
on the first floor. This building also houses the Art, Media,
and Design department of DePaul University as well as the
school’s Health Services Clinic (SAGE medical Center). De-
signed by Antunovich Associates the building measured
52,043 gross sq. ft.
Budget: $5,300,000
00Mixed—Use Building
00Chicago, IL
#463
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126
Phone:
630-228-0650
www.ipm-amicus.com

This century-old manufacturing building was converted
by Amicus’ senior partner’s efforts while serving as Exec-
utive Vice President at DePaul into a residence hall by
Amicus’ senior partner’s efforts while serving as execu-
tive Vice Present at DePaul, providing 225 beds of under-
graduate student housing. The project also includes the
University's Lincoln Park Campus bookstore.
Budget: $5,600,000
00Elizabeth Seton Hall
#463
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126
Phone:
630-228-0650
www.ipm-amicus.com

The Milwaukee & Diversey was comprised of approxi-
mately 43,000 square feet of first floor retail space (gross),
49 apartments in the historic buildings, 50 apartments of
new construction and a 141 car below grade parking gar-
age. The apartments were intended to be rental for the
first seven years of occupancy. Architectural design was
performed by Daniel P. Coffey + Associates.
Completion Date: September 2012
Budget: $43,000,000
#463
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126
Phone:
630-228-0650
www.ipm-amicus.com
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00Milwaukee & Diversey Historic Buildings Conversion
00Chicago, IL

St. Mary's Catholic Church is looking to expand their cur-
rent facilities to include a retirement village comprised of
286 units, a state-of-the-art recreation center, classrooms,
daycare center, a rectory, and a gymnasium. The site will
also include a parking structure.
Budget: $20,000,000
#463
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126
Phone:
630-228-0650
www.ipm-amicus.com
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00St. Mary’s Retirement Village
00Des Plaines, IL

This planned conversion of a Baymont Inn off of highway
294 into potential senior housing required Amicus to per-
form: contractor collaborations, regular site visits, and the
early financial scheduling efforts regarding the project’s
potential.
Completion Date: October 2011
Budget: $2,300,000
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#463
Elmhurst, Illinois
60126
Phone:
630-228-0650
www.ipm-amicus.com
00Baymont Inn Conversion to Senior Housing
00Glenview, IL

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