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Retail Construction Trends 2010 Update: Outside the Big Box

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It’s time to revisit another prediction I made last year in my blog post Commercial Constructions Trends to Watch in 2010 — Outside the Big Box. Chicago Place shopping mall retrofit. So far, I’ve given myself a B and an “incomplete” in revisiting two of my five commercial construction trends for 2010. Michigan Ave.,

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Best and Worst of 2010: Commercial Construction Trends

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I’ll say it again, 2010 was a rebuilding year for the commercial construction industry. So I’ve created a commercial construction checklist for what we considered the highs and lows of 2010 commercial construction trends. Usually limited to the holidays, pop-up shops went mainstream in 2010 with Pop-Tart World in Times Square.

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2010 Commercial Construction Trends Update: Work for Niche Retail Stores

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At the end of 2009, I wrote a blog post called “Commercial Construction Trends to Watch in 2010.” National retail construction contractors are also seeing niche retail brands feed off each other like the new Little Miss Match store and the American Girl Place store in Water Tower Place shopping center in Chicago, both projects we worked on.

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Outcome Health Creating 2,000 New Jobs In Chicago

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Outcome Health is planning to add 2,000 new employees over the next five years at its new 392,000-square-foot Chicago location, Outcome Tower. The Chicago-based company’s growth is helping drive the city’s emergence as a national hub for the health-tech sector. Outcome Health | © Gensler Chicago.

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What are Today's Best New Retail Developments? | Hard Hat Chat

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Recently, we were performing a pre-construction analysis for a retail client on a Chicago-area property. December 2010. November 2010. October 2010. September 2010. August 2010. April 2010. March 2010. February 2010. January 2010. Keyword Cloud Best Chicago Contractor.

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USGBC Green Build 2010 Live News

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As we decend upon Chicago to immerse ourselves in what is expected to be an epic GreenBuild, I am left to wonder where the industry is headed… Last year 30,000 plus people moshed through the doors in Phoenix Arizona at Green Build 2009 but after Tuesday night on the showroom floor at Green Build 2010 [.].

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Assisted Living Concepts Moving Headquarters To Chicago, IL

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Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel have announced that (ALC), a provider of assisted living with more than 200 residences across the United States, will move its corporate headquarters from Menomonee Falls, WI, to Chicago, IL by the end of the year. Chicago also has the second highest employment of any metro area in the U.S.

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