The Obama Presidential Center opened to the public on June 19, 2026, after years of construction and legal battles, but multiple subcontractors say they are owed millions of dollars for work on the project, according to a Fox News Digital investigation [1]. The 19.3-acre, $850 million campus in Jackson Park on Chicago’s South Side was promoted as a model for minority-owned business participation, yet some firms that helped build it report losses ranging from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions of dollars. Several subcontractors told Fox News Digital that the project’s financial strain threatens their businesses, with at least…

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