Community & Healthcare Facilities
CNI delivers community-anchored facilities that expand access to health care, recreation, and essential services. These projects strengthen neighborhood infrastructure, support local jobs, and promote long-term well-being by meeting residents’ needs where they live.
North Austin Community Center
Long a vacant lot and former brownfield, the site of the North Austin Community Center (NACC) has been transformed into Chicago’s first nonprofit campus dedicated to sports, wellness, and education. A partnership among CNI, Intentional Sports, Grace and Peace Church, and By the Hand Club for Kids, the $35 million project delivers opportunities for youth and adults across the West Side.
XChange Chicago
Working with the Comer Science & Education Foundation, CNI structured NMTC financing for an expansion of the Comer Education Campus. The expanded campus will provide an innovative workforce solution for residents. By offering training, wrap-around services, and a direct pathway into apprenticeships and jobs at employers located within the community, Xchange Chicago will spur neighborhood revitalization.
Austin HOPE Center
CNI is partnering with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Stone Community Development Corporation to bring the Austin HOPE Center to life – a three-story, 25,000-square-foot facility that will anchor new opportunities on Chicago’s West Side. Designed as a welcoming and accessible space, the Center will provide neighborhood youth and families with both essential health services and vital community supports.
Pullman Community Center
After sitting vacant for two decades, in 2018 12 acres of land at 103rd street immediately west of the expressway were transformed into the Pullman Community Center (PCC). Offering more area for sports and activities than any other facililty in the Chicago area, the 135,000 square foot Center provides unparalled year-round indoor space for sports, recreational and educational opportunities. While designed with the area’s youth in mind, the PCC has become a destination for people of all ages, drawing more than 2,000 people a week.
University of Chicago Medicine’s Trauma Center
For nearly 30 years, people from Chicago’s South Side had to be transported across the city to receive medical attention for traumatic injuries. Today, thanks to the University of Chicago Medicine’s trauma center in Hyde Park, life-saving access to high-quality care is much closer for one of the nation’s largest under-served populations.