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Commercial Construction Highs and Lows of 2011

HardHatChat

We saw drawings for new Chicago restaurant projects, retail construction work, office renovations, school construction and learning center additions – you name it, we saw it. Developers and retailers that would normally go 2 deep in bidding went 4 deep. HIGH – Everyone was submitting drawings in 2011. I was wrong.

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What Wal-Mart in Pullman Means for Chicago Retail and Restaurant Construction … and My Heart

HardHatChat

History shows commercial developers do well opening new big box retail stores like Bed Bath and Beyond, Home Depot or Best Buy near Wal-Marts. The Pullman community has been adversely affected by high unemployment, increased crime and is lacking an overall retail environment. Unions, politics, retail construction.

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How to Avoid a Commercial Construction Scandal

HardHatChat

Pursuing those jobs meant we would have had to use shoddy subcontractors or non-union labor where union labor would have been best. And if you’re not in a union town, like Miami, then align yourself with the best vendors. And yet, when we work in union markets like Chicago, Boston, New York and St.

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Union Square’s first ground-up development in two decades completes

BD+C

300 Grant Avenue, a 70.000-sf mixed-use project, has been completed, making it the first new ground-up development in San Francisco’s Union Square in over 20 years. The project includes approximately 28,100 sf of retail and 41,500 sf of Class A office space.

Union 98
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Blue Federal Credit Union World Headquarters: Best Project Office/Retail/ Mixed-Use

ENR Construction

The Blue Federal Credit Union World Headquarters development in Cheyenne covers more than eight acres, spans five buildings and features Class A office space, retail and commercial suites. .

Union 69
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6 Commercial Construction Trends: A Biz Dev Perspective

HardHatChat

I recently sat down with Kim Sawyer and Tina McGrath, two of our experienced Business Development team leaders, to gain their perspective on what they’ve learned from talking to our existing and potential retail, restaurants, automotive, senior housing, and hospitality clients. It is something we have done time and time again.

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Best Office/Retail/Mixed-Use: First Tech Federal Credit Union Oregon Corporate Office

ENR Construction

Though built as one of the largest mass timber projects in the country, the 156,000-sq-ft First Tech Federal Credit Union corporate office was erected in a relatively short time.

Union 68