ROCKFORD — The developer behind the massive transformation of the former Barber-Colman industrial site has fired its general contractor and is taking steps to bring a local company on board to move the project forward.
J. Jeffers & Co. said Friday that it terminated its contract with Chicago-based ENC Construction & Development, which was leading construction on the overhaul of the industrial site on South Main Street into a mix of residences and businesses. Work had been halted at the site since the end of December, delaying a project that was initially projected to welcome its first residents by summer.
“The development work experienced challenges with our initial general contractor,” the Milwaukee-based developer said in a statement Friday. “While the (J. Jeffers & Co.) team worked diligently for months to find a path forward, we ultimately made the decision to terminate the general contractor given JJCO’s unresolved concerns which were shared by the project architects.”…