Bidding Chicago Drawings Retail 
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DECEMBER 22, 2011
HIGH – Everyone was submitting drawings in 2011. 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.
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MAY 18, 2011
While I think everyone in the retail industry likes to hear news that 2011 retail sales are up – as it usually means new retail construction projects are in the pipeline – it’s still tough for shopping center landlords to make deals work with retail tenants. This is most popular with big retail leases in 2011.
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JULY 11, 2013
Englewood recently began work on Season’s 52 in Chicago. The summer always brings more commercial construction activity, more bids, and, as a result, higher pricing. 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.
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DECEMBER 15, 2009
As this year draws to a close, let’s look back on some of the highs and lows of what was a challenging year. Low – Chicago losing the 2016 Olympic bid. When Chicago lost the 2016 Olympic bid this fall, it was a devastating blow to the city’s restaurant and retail construction industry. High – Green building.
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JULY 19, 2011
On one hand, retail sales continue to show improvement from last year, yet the suburban shopping mall – or at least the traditional enclosed shopping mall – seems to be on the way out. Also, heed my warning on hiring low-bidding pick-up truck contractors. Most retailers today want less space. Qualify your team.
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JANUARY 18, 2011
Don’t always take the lowest bid. The low-bidding general contractor was often in over its head, which meant deadlines were missed or work was shoddy and another, more experienced GC was brought in to finish the job—at an additional cost. While bidding on the commercial construction remodel of a 500+ sq. Bring your GC in early.
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FEBRUARY 25, 2011
We were pulling a feeder cable through a Chicago retail construction project when we heard the explosion. At one point or another, even the best Chicago commercial construction contractors are susceptible to a construction site demon. Then, the transformer blew out. What the heck happened? Step 3: We fixed the problem.
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