Project Category: New Projects

Tucker Ranch Health and Wellness Park

The new 25.6-acre development within the existing 209-acre park is well underway, with multiple buildings nearing completion and mass planting in progress. Tucker Ranch is taking shape as a Holistic Health, Wellness, and Teaching Farm and Family Activity Center, featuring a retreat center, edible and teaching gardens, an outdoor teaching kitchen, greenhouses, and a new trail system connecting to the park’s existing amenities.

Ball Horticultural Seed Distribution Facility

Ball Horticultural Company engaged Featherstone to expand their existing Seed Distribution Facility at their West Chicago Global Headquarters in 3 phases. Phase 1 consists of a new 22,000 square foot precast addition to their existing building with a 2,000 square foot mezzanine. Phase 2 consisted of a partial interior renovation of the existing adjacent 20,000 SF building. Phase 3 completed the project with a renovation of the remaining buildings while continuing to support their seed distribution operation.

North Aurora Fire Station No. 1

A new state-of-the-art 27,000 sf fire house that will serve as the fire district’s headquarters and community gathering facility. 

Glen Ellyn Park District Johnson Center

The new 14,000 sf operations facility include’ s administration offices, fleet maintenance, workshops, and storage as well as an exterior sheltered bulk material shortage area

DuPage County Forest Preserve District – Danada House

To sustain the pastoral image and continue its over 40 years history of one of Chicagoland’s most premier wedding venues, major renovation plans led by Allen + Pappa Architects are well underway to the Du Page County Forest Preserve District historic Danada House in Wheaton, Illinois.

Built as part of Dan and Ada Rice’s racehorse training estate in 1939, the 19-room country mansion will continue to serve as a special event facility set within the 800-acre Danada Forest Preserve upon is much needed renovation which is on schedule to begin in April 2024.

Village of Libertyville – Nicholas Dowden Park

7.5-acre park renovation for the Village of Libertyville. The project included site detention, pickleball courts, basketball courts, tennis courts, a linear skate park, and a walking loop

Wauconda Park District – Bangs Lake Marina Redevelopment

his project will transform the lakefront with improved public access, new amenities, and a revitalized marina experience — including a boardwalk along Bangs Lake, ADA-accessible kayak and canoe launch, gathering spaces, and significant site and landscape improvements.