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Five Predictions for Commercial Construction Trends in 2011

HardHatChat

Fast-casual restaurants like Noodles & Company should be a bright spot for commercial construction in 2011. It’s that time of year again, when I dust off the crystal ball to predict commercial construction trends for the following year. Around Labor Day 2008, the faucet shut off for commercial construction projects.

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Chicago Retail Construction News and Trends – 2011 Updates

HardHatChat

Now that spring is officially here, I wanted to reflect on the Chicago retail construction trends and news we’ve seen so far in 2011. From the new commercial construction projects we know are in the pipeline, to what I heard at the recent Bisnow Chicago Retail Summit , I am cautiously optimistic. Good News/Bad News.

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Commercial Construction Highs and Lows of 2011

HardHatChat

As 2011 comes to a close, it’s time for us to look back on the commercial construction building trends , news and projects of this past year and share our thoughts on the highs and lows in the industry. In fact, our commercial construction budget work was back to 2008 levels. HIGH – Everyone was submitting drawings in 2011.

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Best and Worst of 2010: Commercial Construction Trends

HardHatChat

I’ll say it again, 2010 was a rebuilding year for the commercial construction industry. It wasn’t as bad as 2009, but not as good as 2008. So I’ve created a commercial construction checklist for what we considered the highs and lows of 2010 commercial construction trends. High – Institutional Construction.

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Green Building Bonds as a Game Changing New Source of Capital

Green Building Law Update

With 332 retail properties, the REIT''s portfolio encompasses over 43.9 Department of Energy''s Better Buildings Alliance as an inaugural Green Lease Leader, leading the market by incorporating lease clauses that help overcome market barriers and align tenant and property owner interests to save energy in commercial buildings.

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Construction Leads – So Many Leads, So Little Time!

Construction Marketing

We’ll identify other national construction lead services, regional lead services, (local) contractor/remodeler lead services, government lead services, and finally other lead services including equipment lease and architectural specification directories. Category, such as commercial, industrial, etc. Contract type. Leads Smeads.

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PSMJ Resources Blog: MHC says starts rise in August; housing is.

PSMJ Resources

MHC says starts rise in August; housing is mixed; retail remains weak; industrial gains. And what appears to be the early signs of recovery for commercial building may well end up being deferred by rising investor concern about employment growth and the near term prospects for the U.S. The outlook for retail construction remains bleak.