Forge Projects is serving as the owner’s project manager on behalf of the University of Chicago for a new world-class engineering and science building on the Hyde Park Campus. The building will house a laboratory and research space and will be home to the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME), and a brand new collaborative space for the Chicago Quantum Exchange, a partnership between quantum researchers at UChicago and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

The $175M grant-funded project will sit on the southwest corner of Ellis Avenue and 56th St, next to the William Eckhardt Research Center. The NESB project is currently in schematic design, with main construction expected to commence in 2025 and completion expected in 2028.  In addition to serving the University of Chicago on this project, Forge will work closely with HRD Architecture and Allison Grace Design, and Mortenson Construction Company.