BD+C

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Located in a transitioning industrial neighborhood, the project called an existing one-story light industrial building to be replaced with 101 for-rent residential and live/work units as well as 1,000 square feet of retail space — if architects could make the budget work.

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Budgeting Budget Retail Residential 60

HardHatChat

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Case in point, a developer once asked us to price out a retail-to-restaurant conversion on the first floor of a Chicago high rise. Once we budgeted out the cost of installing black iron as well as other improvements to power and cooling systems, the developer decided it was not realistic to convert the space.

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Site Retail Commercial Construction 229

HardHatChat

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

But what I want to do is tell you what you may not know about the retail space construction of this Zara store and how to apply this information to your next retail construction project. 1. Hidden traps in retail construction approval process. But Zara is from Spain and their architect is in Canada. 2. The holy trinity.

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Retail Michigan Chicago Construction 176

HardHatChat

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This has allowed us to perform at a high level, ensuring quality finished products, a maintained schedule, and being mindful of the budget. However, it has been worth the effort to develop a thorough vetting process and understanding of what works best for our clients and the type of projects we manage.

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HardHatChat

MARCH 26, 2024

Our national retail, restaurant, hospitality, senior living, industrial, and automotive clients are very clear about what factors they look for when it comes time to award a project. At Englewood, we have extensive experience in multiple categories, including restaurants, retail, hospitality, senior housing, and cannabis.

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Commercial Contractors Construction Project Management 177

BD+C

JUNE 3, 2016

A strong retail sector has helped drive 2016 U.S. construction activity with retail construction projects up 24.4% Overshadowing the good news is a cloud of economic uncertainty that has companies laser-focused on lean budgeting and smart spending decisions. . year-over-year.

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HardHatChat

MARCH 14, 2014

Perhaps the most important aspect in this process will be engaging a national retail commercial contractor for advice and feasibility studies. 1) Don’t be afraid of a big retail construction project. 1) Don’t be afraid of a big retail construction project. 3) Develop a support plan for national retailers.

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Retail Commercial Construction Feasibility 253

HardHatChat

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

With the shuttering of stores like Circuit City and Linens N’ Things, big box retailers looking to gain market share certainly have their choice of vacant store locations in prime markets and shopping centers.

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Retail Commercial Construction Renovating 176

ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

This 10-story, mixed-use high-rise built on the site of the old Spinney & Caldwell Shoe Factory was completed at budget, but it fell behind schedule amid COVID-19.

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Retail Office Budgeting Budget 36

HardHatChat

DECEMBER 3, 2019

We’ve also translated our experience in working with restaurant and retail brands on national rollouts to new partnerships with major cannabis players who are expanding in multiple markets simultaneously. . In the past, RECon was pretty much dominated by retail, with just a smattering of reps from restaurant and other sectors.

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Commercial Industrial Las Vegas Retail 227

HardHatChat

JANUARY 15, 2018

As traditional retailers continue to be impacted by e-commerce, there is an ongoing discussion about how physical stores and shopping centers can compete within the new dynamics of the market. 2: Remixing the Mall. But today, these businesses, as well as sports and recreations concepts, are viable options for filling mall space.

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HardHatChat

MARCH 4, 2019

One of the biggest challenges for commercial construction firms today is the tighter project timelines that have become the norm at every phase of a project – from shorter deadlines for submitting initial bids and budgets, to quicker resolution on addendums and change orders, to compressed schedules for construction and delivery.

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Project Management Commercial Management Construction 349

HardHatChat

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Here’s a look at our top 2016 commercial construction “highs” and “lows”: Low: Mall Retail Tenants Choose Local over National. However, over the last year, we’ve seen more retail brands award tenant build-out work to local firms rather than national construction partners. High: Big Opportunities in Big Box Retail.

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Commercial Retail Construction Chicago 156

HardHatChat

JANUARY 14, 2014

Commercial real estate investors targeted underperforming regional shopping malls in 2013 with plans to redevelop and rejuvenate the properties with retail commercial construction upgrades. This new retail commercial construction activity should play a prominent roll in 2014 as well. Middle market retailers see some light.

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Commercial Retail Construction News 284

Construction Business Owner

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The strength of a construction supply chain heavily depends on other industries — manufacturing, distribution and even retail-commerce — that siphon critical products to contractors and developers. How is your budget holding up under the prices of the raw materials and labor you’ve been choosing? Which suppliers are you relying on?

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HardHatChat

JULY 25, 2016

It’s a pretty cool ground-up commercial construction project for us because not only is it the first time we’ve worked with this national retail brand, but it’s also the very first Farm & Fleet store in the Chicago area.

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Commercial Chicago Retail Contractors 120

HardHatChat

JULY 16, 2019

Englewood Construction is in the midst of two adaptive reuse projects right now – one a former meatpacking facility in Chicago that we’re updating for office, retail or restaurant use, and the other a former convent we’ll be converting into a senior living community.

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Commercial Retail Construction Office 194

HardHatChat

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

The activity level that we saw in the fourth quarter of 2012 in new retail, restaurant and hospitality construction projects is double what we saw a year earlier. Mike is a retail and restaurant construction expert with more than 30 years of experience. And his luxury hotel construction is some of the best in the business.

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Commercial News Retail Construction 259

HardHatChat

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. Most retailers today want less space. It’s a mixed bag of commercial construction news for shopping center developement. Qualify your team.

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Commercial Retail Change Orders Construction 201

Construction Marketing

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Understanding of planning, forecasting, budgeting and market research are required skills for the certain levels of marketing management. On the retail-side, expertise in merchandising and packaging take prominence. There are marketing skills and experience that transcend traditional and new media.

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Wolgast Corporation

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Setbacks & Zoning Each municipality is different in their requirements and the type of business, whether it’s a commercial office, retail or a manufacturing company can make a difference to setback and zoning provisions. It depends on the desire and budget of the client.

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HardHatChat

AUGUST 18, 2016

But for our clients – including retail, restaurant, shopping center, hotel, senior housing and medical center developers – hitting a completion deadline revolves around money. In Rio, completing commercial construction projects on schedule was a matter of national pride and having the city ready to be put on the world stage.

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Commercial Construction Schedule Budgeting 226

HardHatChat

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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Commercial Retail Construction Bidding 184

Wolgast Corporation

JANUARY 12, 2023

In this process, the client or business owner holds contracts with the prime contractors, but by teaming with the Architect and Construction Manager, the supervision, budget and schedule monitoring, quality and overall progress are conducted for the client by experts who do this every day.

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Commercial Construction Retail Michigan 91

HardHatChat

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

If your retail construction contractor can build retail stores like this on Michigan Avenue…. If you did retail construction for Hollywood Videos then you couldn’t build Blockbusters. Conversely, there have also been retail construction clients like the Limited that said ‘if you can build a GAP then you can build a Limited.’

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Commercial Retail Contractors Renovating 179

Wolgast Corporation

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

If you qualify as a busy business owner, you’d likely benefit from the Design-Builder finding qualified subcontractors, managing the construction schedule and your budget, and starting construction quicker. And Wolgast is your biggest advocate when it comes to speed.

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Construction Bidding Design Schedule 62

Pro Builder

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Massachusetts-based EcoBuilding Bargains sells eco- and budget-friendly building materials, each with their own unique history. This New England Nonprofit Is Creating a Market for Repurposed Building Materials. Wed, 11/30/2022 - 10:40.

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Bargains Materials Massachusetts Retail 52

HardHatChat

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Thanks to clients who put their trust in us, we’ve built on our roots in tenant interior finish jobs and retail in-store build-outs and found our niche in ground-up projects, flagship stores and high-end restaurant construction and hospitality work. Low – Retail’s Continued Slump.

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Commercial Industrial Retail Construction 120

HardHatChat

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Value-based retailers like hhgregg, Ross Dress for Less and Savers should experience construction growth in 2012. It’s that time of year when our team predicts the 2012 commercial construction trends – from what’s on tap for Chicago retail construction to national restaurant construction and hospitality construction.

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Commercial Retail Chicago Construction 179

HardHatChat

DECEMBER 22, 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. 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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Commercial Union Retail Construction 207

HardHatChat

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

As we’re planning and budgeting a construction project in this scenario, we constantly have the landmark criteria in front of us so we can reference materials specifications as well as all relevant construction requirements. A great example of this is a retail space Englewood refurbished at Chicago’s famed Palmer House Hilton.

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New York City Construction Chicago Permits 267

HardHatChat

AUGUST 31, 2011

Trust me, we provide the best retail/restaurant/office construction budgets we can, but there are additional factors to consider when reviewing your commercial construction bid. Does your GC provide you with an industrial construction preventive-maintenance checklist? All I’m saying, is do the right thing.

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Commercial Chicago Construction Retail 213

HardHatChat

DECEMBER 17, 2010

We saw much-improved activity in shopping center construction – not necessarily the building of new malls, but in general commercial contractors working with landlords and developers on pre-construction services , such as commercial construction budgeting to help them propose attractive lease deals for new tenants.

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Commercial Retail Construction Chicago 196

Construction Marketing

JANUARY 25, 2023

Commercial real estate development involves the process of acquiring, designing, constructing, and leasing or selling commercial properties such as office buildings, retail centers, and industrial parks. This includes creating a detailed project schedule, budget, and phasing plan.

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Commercial Leases Regulation Finance 206

Construction Marketing

OCTOBER 28, 2018

For example, if you are looking to build a commercial retail and office space, it would probably be a bad idea to hire a contractor with a home improvement license only. It could be because the contractor changes the orders in the middle of the project resulting in the budget going over what you had anticipated.

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HardHatChat

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

This could be because the client is a national retail or restaurant chain with an in-house architect or designated design partner. In the case of one grocery retailer, we were brought in to do site visits and evaluations and give very topline construction pricing models based on their general requirements.

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Commercial Modeling Design Construction 120

HardHatChat

MARCH 9, 2010

When it comes to current retail and commercial construction trends , we all know there aren’t a lot of new shopping centers under construction right now, or new office buildings under construction for that matter. we came in on time and under budget without one complaint from any of the retailers. No complaints?

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Contractors Retail Remodeling Commercial 192