Work on Orland Park’s former police station is expected to begin this month, after the village board on Monday night approved a $310,123 contract with Construction Solutions of Illinois for exterior work.
The Alsip-based company was the lowest of 10 bidders for the project to rehab the exterior of the 28-year-old building.
“The work will be done by the end of summer,” assistant village manager Ellen Baer said.
The contractor will install a new roof and do tuckpointing and repairs to a wall. The next lowest bidder was FBG Corp., at $347,000. The village had budgeted $518,093 for the project.
Village officials hope to eventually house offices for the village and its recreation department at the building, 14600 Ravinia Ave., along with the not-for-profit Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, which is now at 143rd Street and LaGrange Road.
But it will be next year before the village can start rehabbing the interior of the building, Baer said.
In the meantime, the village hopes to soon strike a deal with Recording for the Blind so the organization can begin renovating part of the building for its new recording studio. Baer said she has sent a proposed lease agreement to the non-profit for review.
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