Malcom X College will get $9.5 million expansion

Malcolm X College has announced a $9.5 million expansion of its West Garfield Park campus at 4624 W. Madison. Located just west of N. Kenton Ave, the property spans a full block from W. Washington Blvd to W. Madison St.

Dubbed The Community Center for Teaching and Learning, the new facility will be a 3,000-square-foot expansion to the West Side Learning Center, the school’s satellite campus that currently hosts programs in nursing, health science, adult education, and community and continuing education. 

The new expansion will include additional recreational and meeting spaces for students and the community to support increased enrollment at Malcolm X College. A second phase of the project will also include select renovation work on the existing facility, offering additional learning spaces for the campus’ predominantly nursing and health science student body and also serve as a rentable event space.

Once completed, the finished project will accommodate the capacity of the school to 2,000 students. Design and engineering work is expected to commence later this year, with construction work anticipated to start in the fall of 2024 and the new center to open in 2026.