The debut of the Chicago Veterans’ Home will take a little longer after the Capital Development Board on Tuesday approved additional construction changes. [Terra Engineering Ltd.]

The Capital Development Board on Tuesday approved a request to tweak plans for the Chicago Veterans’ Home in response to final construction hurdles that must be cleared before the facility can open.  

The board approved an order to spend $160,000 to address “life safety requirements” as identified by the Illinois Department of Public Health. The unaddressed issues, which were left out the original architect and engineer’s designs, included a need to connect stairways to fire alarms.