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Retail Development: Top 5 Reasons for Shopping Mall Owners to Work with a Construction and Asset Management Firm

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Consumers kept money in their pockets, retailers stopped expanding and owners ceased new retail construction for their facilities. Investors are finding significant bargains on well-located shopping malls in high-density areas with strong consumer demographics. 4) Solid retail connections. 2) Pay-as-you-go services.

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This New England Nonprofit Is Creating a Market for Repurposed Building Materials

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Massachusetts-based EcoBuilding Bargains sells eco- and budget-friendly building materials, each with their own unique history. EcoBuilding Bargains, a retail warehouse for reclaimed building materials in Springfield, Massachusetts, is helping homeowners cut costs and downsize their carbon footprints by offering secondhand building materials.

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Updated Phase l Environmental Site Assessment is Published But.

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Some believe this tying of the consideration to “current” standards, as opposed to the regulator determination at the time the tank was closed, creates a Faustian bargain for the environmental professional, and will greatly limit the supremely valuable designation of HRECS.

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Six Ways to Control Rising Commercial Construction Costs

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Also, a lot retail construction projects are initiated in the summer to have everything complete by November 1, just in time for the holiday shopping season. Take it from us…pay reputable architects well, rather than finding an obscure one that may seem like bargain. Design Build Firms.

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U.S. Macro Forecast: Look Through The Snow At The Fundamentals

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. “The polar vortex, ice and snow storms in the South, colder than usual conditions in the Midwest, and a major drought in parts of California all contributed in skewing a variety of indicators from job growth to home sales to retail sales – and pushed them artificially downwards,” said Kevin Thorpe, Cassidy Turley Chief Economist.

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Commercial Construction Checklist for Reviving Stalled Commercial Projects

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It’s not just foreclosed homes that are looking like a bargain to real estate investors in today’s market, but also distressed commercial assets. Bringing a stalled construction project back to life is easier to do if you perform the right due diligence.

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Client Relationships: 3 Reasons You Should Listen If Your Commercial Contractor Tells You No

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As much as it pained us to say no, we declined the new-construction retail project because we couldn’t guarantee we’d be able to do the best job possible at that allowance price. For one recent bid, the client was ready to award us the project, but wanted to lock in the contract using an estimated allowance as the final price.