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Commercial building owners having tougher time securing insurance policies and renewals

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Some of the nation’s largest commercial property insurers have put moratoriums on issuing new insurance policies and renewing current ones due to fear of potential civil unrest resulting from a closely contested presidential election. The situation has been most acute in urban areas, including Chicago, New York, Portland, Ore.,

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Commercial Construction Strategies: Flagship Stores to Footprint Expansion

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In fact, after helping American Girl relocate their flagship stores in Chicago and New York City, we just completed our third relocation project in Los Angeles. It’s always a great experience to be a reliable and responsive partner in creating a space that fully embodies a brand’s essence.

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Smart Planning Boosts Seattle To #1 City For Pedestrians

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Liberty Mutual Insurance releases pedestrian safety index with top 15 safest U.S. Far West Washington Atlanta Baltimore Blog-Oct-2014 Boston Chicago City Planning Columbus Denver Liberty Mutual los angeles Minneapolis new york Pedestrian Safety Philadelphia Pittsburgh Portland San Francisco Seattle Street Lighting washington'

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architect arrested in connection with fireman's death

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Werner Sabo is a partner at the construction law firm of Sabo & Zahn in Chicago. He is a member various professional organizations, has been an officer and director of the Chicago Chapter AIA, President of the Chicago Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, and writes a regular construction law column for The Construction Specifier.

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International Arbitration Experts Discuss The Impact On The Global Economy

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Sarah Reynolds, Partner, Mayer Brown, Chicago. Sandra Smith Thayer, Partner, Pasich LLP, Los Angeles. According to another, in the United States, there are pre­sently more than 1,250 pandemic insurance litigations. We would like to thank the following individuals for sharing their thoughts on this important issue.

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Dennis Calvert, the right architect for Design-Build

The Korte Company

FGM and The Korte Company wanted to form a new joint company to do Design-Build together, but insurance roadblocks prevented it. Vernon Distribution Center over a weekend and hand-delivered the proposal to Walgreens’ Headquarters in Chicago on Monday morning to edge out five other competitors that had a two-week head start. .

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Job Order Contracts Require Owner Direct Management and Leadership

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Christina House / Los Angeles Times). For the Los Angeles Unified School District, the $37-million Cafe L.A. The targeted contractors — and their insurance companies — had resources to dig in and fight back. This month, a Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded L.A. For the most part, F.H.

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