The Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago, Inc. (ESMC) project involves the new construction of a two-story 26,378 sq. ft. fitness, wellness and recreation center for Easterseals Academy, a school for children with autism spectrum disorders, emotional disabilities and developmental delays in Chicago, Ill. This facility includes a gymnasium, performance space and a recreational space for the school that currently serves students ages 3 to 22, adults and community members. Easterseals Academy had been operating without a gymnasium/recreational space for 10 years.