Schaumburg Finds Site Near Woodfield for Temporary Village Hall, Permanent Police Station

Schaumburg trustees plan Tuesday to approve the purchase of an office building near the Woodfield Mall that will serve first as a temporary community center and then as the site of a new police station when the two current facilities are replaced.

The property at 1000 Woodfield Road will cost the village $5.45 million, with a closing date of July 31, Schaumburg Communications Director Allison Albrecht said.

Its repurposing will remove about 100,000 square feet of largely vacant office space from the market, according to Mayor Tom Dailly.

Operations of the 51-year-old Robert O. Atcher Civic Center, located at 101 Schaumburg Court, are expected to move into the office building in spring or summer 2025, allowing for the demolition of the village hall.

Construction of a replacement on the same site is expected to be completed by the end of 2026, Albrecht said.

The office building would then be demolished to make way for construction of a new 49-year-old police station at 1000 W. Schaumburg Road. The exact timeline for that construction has not yet been determined, Albrecht said.

“The study of the two buildings showed that the facilities are undersized and inadequate for the needs of the current and future operations of the village,” she said.

Although it was decided last September that the current location was the best place for a new village hall, discussions about a new police station have continued this year, Dailly said.

Three alternatives presented themselves: staying on the current site, moving to the eastern edge of the current municipal campus, where it borders Plum Grove Road, or locating near the Woodfield Mall.

“We always thought it would be a good idea to move the precinct closer to downtown Schaumburg, so to speak,” Dailly said. “I like the location. Of all the potential locations in the Woodfield area, this is a good choice.”

Although centrally located, the site will not be too visible in the commercial district, he added.

Trustees have already commissioned plans for the new buildings from Itasca-based Williams Architects. The plans cost $3.7 million for the police station and $1.8 million for the community hall.

Construction management services for both projects were awarded to Camosy Construction of Zion for $157,104.

It is not yet known whether construction of the new event hall would affect the traditional location of Schaumburg's annual Septemberfest on municipal property during Labor Day weekends in 2025 and 2026.

The current hope is to keep the festival on site, but some modifications to the usual layout may be necessary to accommodate construction, Albrecht said.

Among the decisions that have yet to be made is whether the honorary names of the old buildings will be retained in their replacement buildings, Dailly said.

The Atcher Civic Center is named for the village's influential second mayor who helped design and personally worked on it. Russ Parker Hall inside, where board and commission meetings are held, honors a longtime chairman of the zoning board of appeals.

The Martin J. Conroy Police Center is named after the village's first police chief, who continued to serve for six years after it was built. The fate of its site once the police department moves is also uncertain, Dailly said.