Preliminary construction for the Obama Presidential Center at Jackson Park has begun, officials said Wednesday while kicking off a process that will cost more than $200 million and take up several months before the campus’s official groundbreaking in Jackson Park later this year. The announcement during a news conference outside the Museum of Science and Industry comes two months after a federal review process that for four years had snagged the arrival of the Obama center concluded. At the time, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the conclusion was a “major milestone” and projected preliminary work will start in April.
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