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Commercial Construction Highs and Lows of 2011

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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. In fact, our commercial construction budget work was back to 2008 levels. Developers and retailers that would normally go 2 deep in bidding went 4 deep.

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The Road to Recovery in Detroit

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In 2008, Chrysler rolled the dice and told the world it would invest $1.8 The Jefferson North facility seemed an unlikely candidate in 2008 for this largesse. Annual production at the facility has tripled since 2008. billion in its Jefferson North plant on Detroit’s dilapidated East Side. million-square-foot plant.

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

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MHC says starts rise in August; housing is mixed; retail remains weak; industrial gains. The outlook for retail construction remains bleak. whose sprawling stores are laden with extra space, is aggressively marketing itself as a place for other retailers to set up shop,” the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

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Contractor Marketing That Works: How Can It be a Happy New Year.

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As a result, Blitzen has formed a hostile Union (I never trusted him anyway; sounded like a Commie name) Elves are marching at the Pole, demanding pay during the off-season. If the joy of Christmas was only in retail dollars, then we’d all be reading “‘Twas the night before Chapter 11” Not exactly uplifting.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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Drilling activity, extraction and production in the shale have expanded rapidly since the first well was drilled in 2008. Medical, manufacturing, technology, retail and many other businesses continue to choose Waxahachie as their home. Retailers in Waxahachie have enjoyed success for decades and continue to prosper today.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Carolinas Put Out A Welcome Mat for Business from Far East

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Department store retailer Belk Inc. plans to locate a new eCommerce distribution and fulfillment center in Union County. We are pleased to fulfill that need with this new facility in Union County,” said Belk President and COO John R. in the former Disney facility in Union, and expects to begin operations in June.

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Contractor Marketing That Works: There's Goodness In The Badness

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Retail sales better than both 3rd and 4th quarter projection. In his February 24th State of the Union Address, Barack Obama publicly declared that “The future of our economy relies on the imagination of our Entrepreneurs.” ► 2008. (22). Someone in this country is being paid to build an actual house?