CHICAGO, Illinois (March 12, 2010) – Leopardo was awarded the Build to Suit Project of the Year Award last night at the 22nd Annual Chicago Commercial Real Estate Awards Dinner, known as the Oscars of the industry. The event raised $850,000 for the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

The Build to Suit Award was in recognition of Leopardo’s Aurora Police Headquarters project, a LEED Gold police campus consisting of 1) a 154,000-square-foot headquarters, court and 911 emergency call center building, 2) a 41,000-square-foot training and support building that houses a lead-free tactical firearms proficiency range, evidence storage, forensic examination laboratories and a secure garage, and 3) a 204,000-square-foot, 500-car parking garage

The Aurora Police Headquarters is among the most energy efficient and sustainable police campuses in the United States, and as also won the 2009 Project of the Year Award by Construction Industry Service Corporation (CISCO).

Illinois Real Estate Journal called Leopardo one of the night’s  “big winners”.  Click here to read article. Below is a video tour of the facility.

Tags: Aurora Police Headquarters, LEED

This entry was posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010 at 10:13 am and is filed under Awards + Recognition, Community, General Corporate, Municipal + Recreation.