Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Peoples Gas president and CEO Charles Matthews, and Alderman Margaret Laurino (39th) broke ground on the company’s new North Shop service facility at 4025 W. Peterson Ave on Tuesday, July 24th. The 84,433 square-foot, two-story building, is set in the Peterson-Pulaski Industrial Corridor and will bring more than 430 workers to the Sauganash neighborhood. The construction work also will create 250 temporary jobs.  Peoples Gas has hired McKissack & McKissack and FH Paschen, which partnered with Epstein, to design and build the new facility. The firms have committed a projected total spend of more than 50 percent with minority-, women- and veteran-owned businesses. They also have committed to hiring Chicago residents for at least 50 percent of the jobs during construction.  The facility will reduce maintenance costs, improve the efficiency of customer responses, provide safer traffic flow for employees and include large meeting rooms available for public use. In addition, the building will be constructed to meet City of Chicago sustainability requirements. Peoples Gas anticipates completing construction by fourth quarter 2019.