$122M in capital plan to make state Armory usable again

More than $100 million has been set aside for renovations at the Illinois State Armory in the hopes the historic — yet vacant and deteriorating — downtown Springfield building can become usable again.

A total of $122 million was included in the $45 billion capital plan, approved by lawmakers at the end of the spring session, for “renovation of the Armory, and other capital improvements.”

“Funding included in ‘Rebuild Illinois’ will allow the state to return the Armory to a usable space,” Mike Deering, a spokesman for the Illinois Department of Central Management Services, said in a statement. “This work will include new (heating and air conditioning), plumbing, electrical, and a roof, as well as renovations to the interior spaces.”

Deering said it’s unknown how long the renovations will take, or what the Armory, at Second and Monroe streets, will be used for once it’s renovated.

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(Springfield Journal-Record)