December 2019
Walsh Construction renovates Northwestern University鈥檚 Trienens Performance Center
EVANSTON, IL 鈥� Walsh Construction has completed the complete $30 million transformation of an existing facility to create Northwestern University鈥檚 new Trienens Performance Center, a state-of-the-art developmental facility for the university鈥檚 men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 basketball, volleyball, wrestling, baseball and softball programs.
The renovations transformed an aging 85,000-square-foot facility (including an indoor fieldhouse, football staff offices, weight room and batting cages) adjacent to Welsh-Ryan Arena into a multi-use hub that will dramatically streamline the daily student-athlete experience.
Designed by HOK, the space includes three courts, top-of-the-line sports medicine, athletic training and rehabilitation areas; ultramodern strength and conditioning facilities; technologically advanced team meeting rooms; and an expanded performance nutrition hub for wrestling, baseball and softball. The training area in the north portion of the facility houses 40 yards of turf and a 14,000 square-foot indoor hitting and pitching facility for baseball and softball.
Renovations began in Fall 2018 and the facility opened to Northwestern student-athletes in November 2019.
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