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Hard Hat Chat is Now an Award-Winning Commercial Construction Blog

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Most of the commercial construction news we discuss in this blog involves new Chicago retail and restaurant construction projects or analyzing commercial construction trends. We weren’t sure how many of you would find Hard Hat Chat, or keep reading after our first blog post, Retail Development and Construction: Getting Started.

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Reporting “Live” from the CWA Awards – A Commercial Construction Checklist for Better Networking

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as I entered the recent Construction Writers Association awards dinner (in San Antonio) to accept Hard Hat Chat’s award for 2011 best blog, I kept the following in mind: Everyone wants to network, so don’t forget your business cards and don’t feel bad about giving them out like candy.

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North To South, Food-Related Companies Grow In Texas

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Producer Owned Beef plans facility in Amarillo; Kroger opens Customer Fulfillment Center in Dallas; Synthica Energy to build food waste-powered renewable natural gas facility in San Antonio.

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Sunbelt Cities Topping the Charts in Real Estate Growth Over the Past Half Century

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On the other hand, retail construction, which thrived in the 1990s and early 2000s, has seen a substantial decline in the current decade. The rise of e-commerce, market saturation, and changing consumer preferences have reduced demand for physical retail space, leading to new retail development slowdown.

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Excellence in Sustainability, Award of Merit: Broadway Office Development

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This energy-efficient project includes an eight-story office building, a six-story mixed-office and retail development and a four-story parking garage in the Pearl District in San Antonio.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

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The dedicated technology hub will help accelerate the Fortune 50 company’s technology transformation, serving as the epicenter for the team Lowe’s is hiring to help modernize its IT systems and build future retail experiences. San Antonio, TX is now billing itself as the “Cyber City”, and with good reason.

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Best Office/Retail/Mixed-Use: Frost Tower

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The team behind the $113-million Frost Tower project faced the task of constructing San Antonio’s first office high-rise in nearly three decades, bringing a 21st-century addition to the city’s skyline.