Building Statistics Part I
Project Name: The Sears Centre Arena
Building Location:
The Sears Centre Arena
      5353 Prairie Stone Parkway
      Hoffman Estates, IL 60195
Located in the southwest corner of the 780 acre Prairie Stone Business Park is the site that will ultimately contain the master development for the Sears Centre. The site existing conditions consist of two parcels that will be dedicated for building and infrastructure construction. Lot 13 is a 23.76-acre, triangular parcel bounded to the northwest by Prairie Stone Parkway, to the northeast by Pratum Avenue and to the south by Columbine Boulevard. Lot 14 is a 17.88 acre trapezoidal parcel bounded to the north by Prairie Stone Parkway, to the east by Columbine Boulevard and to the south by Interstate 90.
Building Occupant: CCO Entertainment
Occupancy/ Function Type: 
      
      The Sears Centre Arena's primary function will be to provide an indoor 
      venue for multi-faceted concerts, entertainment performances and trade shows 
      in the Northwest suburban Chicago area. In addition to 
      housing large scale events, the Sears Centre will serve as home to several 
      minor league professional hockey, lacrosse and arena football teams. 
Project Size:
The overall size of the project constitutes for a total of 35 Acres of land development. Land development will include provision for the multipurpose arena, light infrastructure and landscaping with provision for 2,500 parking spaces.
Total Land Size: ˜ 42 (41.64) acres 
      • Parcel (Lot 13) 23.76 acres
      • Parcel (Lot 14) 17.88 acres
 Less Acreage ˜ 7 acres
      • Retention Size: ˜ 3 (3.00) acres
      • Undisturbed Vegetation: ˜ 4 (3.64) acres
      Gross Area of Project: ˜ 35 acres
      
       35 Acres x (43,560 GSF/ 
      1 Acre) = 1,524,600 GSF
      
       Building Footprint: ˜ 2.41 acres 
      
      A 300’-0” x 350’-0” 
      layout contains the footprint. Within this building layout is a 240,000 sq ft. (GSF) arena that 
      contains an upper and lower concourse, forty-two suite boxes, and a multi-functional 
      ice-rank/arena floor. Three above grade stories are dedicated spaces for 
      the concourses and suite boxes. The remaining below grade level consists 
      of the arena floor, team locker rooms and electrical-mechanical service 
      spaces. 
      Primary Project Team:
Owner(s):
      
| Madkatstep LLC 50 S 10th Street Minneapolis, MN 55402  | 
        Sears, Roebuck and Company 3333 Beverly Road Hoffman Estates, IL 60179  | 
      
Architect:
      
| Walsh Bishop 900 Second Ave. South, Suite 300 Minneapolis, MN 55402 URL: http://www.walshbishop.com  | 
      
Engineers/ Engineering Consultants:
| Civil Engineer/ Surveyor: V3 Consultants 7325 Janes Avenue, Suite 100 Woodridge, IL 60517 URL: http://www.v3consultants.com  | 
        Structural Engineer/ Consultant Needham & Associates 8417 Santa Fe Drive, Suite 200 Overland Park, KS 66212 URL: http://www.needhamassoc.com  | 
      
| Electrical Engineer Hyre Electric 2320 W. Ogden Ave. Chicago, IL 60608 URL: http://www.hyreelectric.com  | 
        Mechanical Engineer Oak Brook Mechanical 961 South Route 83 Elmhurst, IL 60126  | 
      
Key Building System(s) Subcontractors:
| Steel Fabricator/ Erector Lejeune Steel Company 118 W. 60th Street Minneapolis, MN 55419 URL: http://www.lejeunesteel.com/  | 
        Pre-cast Concrete Erector Spancrete 2340 Arlington Heights Rd. Arlington Heights, IL 60005 URL: http://www.spancrete.com/  | 
      
Design Build Entity/ General Contractor:
| General Contractors Ryan Companies US, Inc. Ryan Companies (Chicago-Midwest) 55 Shuman Blvd. Suite 800 Naperville, IL 60563 URL: http://www.ryancompanies.com  | 
      
Construction Dates:
Construction Duration
      315 Working Days
      Construction Start Date
      • 7/05/05
      Project Turnover COO
      • 9/18/06
Actual Project Cost:
      Overall Cost
      • $ 50,708,000
      •Building Cost 
      - $ 35,030,000
      •Site work/ General Conditions 
      - $ 7,241,000
      Soft Cost + (Fees, Taxes and Contingencies)
      - $ 4,051,000 + $ 4,387,000 = $ 8,438,000
Project Delivery Method:
      Design Build
      The delivery method which accurately depicts this project 
      is the Design Build method. Ryan Companies operates as the design build 
      entity for the Sears Centre Project. A special relationship has been create 
      between Sears, Roebuck and Co.; Madkatstep and CCO Entertainment granted 
      joint ownership along with the arena naming rights for five years. As the Design 
      build firm Ryan Companies has the responsibility of submitting preliminary 
      budgets and estimates that are reviewed and revised for owner approval. 
      In house design and engineering capabilities have provided viable options 
      for “fast-tracking” and phase construction if needed.
[Project Delivery Chart and descriptive information regarding the Ryan/ 
      COO-Sears Roebuck/ General Contractor Relationship depicted on sequenced 
      document] Click to view 
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