Obama Library: Behind schedule, over budget and mired in lawsuits

Obama Library: Behind schedule, over budget and mired in lawsuits

A federal lawsuit was filed earlier in January, accusing a New York-based construction company of discriminatory actions.

Obama Presidential Center subcontractor sues over cost overruns, alleges discrimination – Chicago Tribune/MSN

The former president’s namesake museum campus already weathered a yearslong pause during separate legal challenges to its plans to build in a public park. The main museum building’s opening was pushed back to 2026, while its athletic center is scheduled to open this year. The Wall Street Journal reported Obama’s center set a modern record for the time elapsed between the end of a presidency and the opening of a namesake museum.

Obama Presidential Center subcontractor sues over cost overruns, alleges discrimination

A federal lawsuit filed earlier this month alleges one of the main firms involved in managing the construction of the Obama Presidential Center racially discriminated against one of the project’s African American-owned local subcontractors, leaving them $40 million in the red and at risk of bankruptcy. But the company in charge of engineering and professional design services for the center pointed the finger right back, saying in an attached mem…