The Salvation Army’s Adult Rehabilitation Center (ARC), located on Fort
just west of Trumbull, is currently undergoing a $27 million
transformation.
The work, which started on the west end of the building and is expected
to move to the east end later this month, is approximately
half-completed. Colleen Kinney, director of community Relations for the
Salvation Army, explains the work as “basically a new curtain wall, new
HVAC, fire suppression, a new roof, new windows, new walls, new
everything.”
The building has served as the location for both the ARC and a thrift
store, but come July, the thrift store will be moving to 1200 W. Fort,
across the street from Wayne County Community College’s Downtown
Campus. “The new store will have more parking and is really just a more
appropriate space,” Kinney says.
The 356,000 square-foot ARC will house classrooms, training rooms, a
dining facility, a chapel, recreation space, offices, and
accommodations for 300 residents. The DeMattia Group served as the
project architect and the JM Olson as general contractor. The project
is scheduled to be complete on Dec. 23.
Colleen Kinney, Salvation Army
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