Edith De La Cruz
CURRENT & PREVIOUS CUSTOMERS
* Denotes multiple projects pending.
Illinois Tollway Authority- Multiple projects High Security Fencing Installation
Chicago O’Hare Airport- Concrete removal and pouring for Vestibule lower level 1,2,3.
Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago* - Cement, decking at Regenstein African Journey building., and others.
El Valor Children & Family Center* (NFP) 1924 W. 21st St. Building renovation.
College of DuPage* - Virtual Reality Classroom, multiple projects
Chicago Housing Authority* - General Construction, Scatter Sites Improvements.
General Services Administration (GSA) Garage conversion Homeland Security, and multiple projects
Bank of America (Corporate) Carpentry, tile, acoustical ceilings, ADA accessibility.
Edith De La Cruz
Founder, President & CEO
Antigua, Inc.
Ms. De La Cruz, a Guatemalan immigrant, now a U.S. Citizen, began her construction career flipping residential housing. She discovered she possessed a talent for contracting including working alongside her workers. This led to Antigua’s founding and early contracts with Neighborhood Housing Services. Next, she sought work as a subcontractor on corporate and government contracts.
After years of difficult experiences with Contractor's not taking her seriously and closing doors, De La Cruz determined that the only path to growth and success of her company was to take command of its own destiny as a General Contractor. As a GC, rather than a subcontractor, she could bid on projects directly to owners. Few minority construction firms, let alone a woman-owned firm, would have done this but she is doing it. As a small business owner, she has been able to grow her company with integrity and as a woman, work with dignity. Ms. De La Cruz’s strategy is working as evidenced by Antigua’s public and private work as contained in Antigua’s Capability Statement (Attached).
Ms. De La Cruz is a strong advocate for women in construction and has appeared on a host of diversity panels. A major testament to Ms. De La Cruz’s role as an advocate and representative of women in construction was Mayor Lightfoot’s 2020 appointment of her to the City of Chicago's MBE/WBE Advisory Board.