Subcontractors who worked on former President Barack Obama’s presidential library are claiming they haven’t been paid.
A Fox News report reveals that three more subcontractors have hit the Obama Presidential Center with mechanics liens, which claim that construction costs have gone unpaid.
“The subcontractors claim they are owed money for structural steel, excavation and concrete, and gymnasium flooring work performed on Home Court, the Center’s 60,000-square-foot basketball and events facility,” the outlet noted.
The total bill amounts to nearly $900,000, and is not the only payment dispute that the center is facing.
Area Erectors, a structural steel subcontractor, says they are owed nearly $620,000. Excavation and concrete subcontractor CSI 3000 is seeking $236,000, while gymnasium flooring specialist Floors Incorporated is looking to be paid $25,000 for their work.
While these subcontractors are seeking payment for work done specifically on the center’s gym, other disputes are related to broader campus construction.
More from Fox News:
The Obama Foundation, Obama’s private nonprofit organization, oversees construction of the Obama Presidential Center. It hired Lakeside Alliance as the primary construction manager for most of the campus.
Home Court, however, was built under a separate contract by Elevate Design Builders, a joint venture led by minority-owned BOWA Construction that served as construction manager for the facility.
Although the mechanics liens are filed against the Obama Presidential Center property, they do not determine which entity is legally responsible for the disputed payments.
X users reacted:
A much more interesting investigation might be to see who has been paid, along with what the original bids versus actual final closing amounts were, eh? Perhaps especially for the design consulting & general construction management contracts & firms?
— Phillip Janicki (@PhilJ1895) July 25, 2026
Any other Citizen the Property would have been seized, and sold off! Where are the likes of Latisha James, and the fraud Charges against the Organizers that had no intention to pay!🤔
— Airborne Grunt (@AirborneOps) July 25, 2026
This reinforces that the Obama’s are a bunch of con artists.
— Howdy Y’all (@AllHowdy82912) July 25, 2026
Structural steel, excavation and concrete are completed early in the construction process. These contractors have been waiting years on this money.
— Elizabeth (@TheWeldersWife3) July 25, 2026
Ran the construction project how he ran the country. Corrupt and over budget
— Julie (@bostonjules33) July 25, 2026
@BarackObama WTF you can’t pay your bills? Truly disgusting shame on you. I get that garbage can you built is ugly as hell but they did the work now pay them!
— Tina (@TinaBenie88) July 25, 2026
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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