SOM planners were asked by city officials to examine possible scenarios for the redevelopment of this industrial city over the short-term as well as through the next century. In the first phase of the redevelopment process, SOM inventoried Waukegan’s existing urban assets and developed plans for cost-effective ways to maximize these assets as an architectural billboard for the city’s enormous potential.

Project Facts

Completion Year: 2004
Site Area: 1,500 acres

Project Awards

2005 • Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce • Daniel H. Burnham Award: Excellence in Planning
2005 • Congress for the New Urbanism • Charter Award