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New Ideas for Old Shopping Malls: 3 Ways Retail Developers are Remixing the Shopping Center Experience

HardHatChat

Coming out of the International Council of Shopping Centers’ RECon convention in Las Vegas last month, there’s been a lot of conversation in the media around the future of retail development. 2) Vehicles to “Drive” Mall Traffic. 2) Vehicles to “Drive” Mall Traffic.

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Retail Construction: Successful Steps in Grocery Store Redevelopment

HardHatChat

The grocery market has been extremely hot in the Chicago area. In the depths of a historically cold Midwestern winter, one market has remained particularly hot for Chicago commercial general contractors—grocery store construction. Englewood recently completed a Trader Joe’s in Libertyville, Ill. Shoppers, get your carts.

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Retail Construction Trends 2010 Update: Outside the Big Box

HardHatChat

According to my blog, I said in 2010 we should “Expect to see new innovation in store concepts, especially when it comes to capitalizing on vacated commercial space in prime locations…In 2010, we should see more creative re-use of empty commercial space …”. Chicago Place shopping mall retrofit. Michigan Ave.,

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Chicago Architecture Center Completed in Tight Timeline

ENR Construction

The transformation of a 20,000-sq-ft former retail space into an exhibit area and community event venue designed to celebrate and promote Chicago as a center of architectural innovation was continually challenged to stay within a $6-million budget during the eight-month construction phase.

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Business Report: Chicago Will Host Digital Manufacturing And Design Innovation Institute

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

President Obama has awarded Chicago a $70 million grant from the Department of Defense to build a $320-million Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute. Three other innovation hubs are being built in Canton, MI near Detroit, Youngstown, OH and Raleigh, N.C. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Gov. Pat Quinn, Sen. Dick Durbin, Sen.

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Is Your Commercial General Contractor More Relevant Than You?

HardHatChat

Every blog I’ve written for the award-winning HardHatChat popped up, interviews with media about the state of Chicago construction jobs – it was all there. Or how often do you visit their websites to see what they consider the latest retail and shopping mall news?

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The programmatic evolution of the lobby

BD+C

With the generous space typically allotted to lobbies, these spaces can easily be reimagined to support more developed programming, innovative design, and use. 200 West Madison Street, Chicago, Ill. The lobby door is open!

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