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How to Choose the Best General Contractor to Partner with for your “First” Commercial Construction Project

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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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How to Avoid a Commercial Construction Scandal

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While there are three sides to every story, recent commercial construction news stories like this one from the Chicago Tribune , “Construction firm caught in contract probe” , really burn me up. The best Chicago construction firms play by the rules and do business above board. I don’t mean to come off as preachy, I’m just mad.

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The programmatic evolution of the lobby

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200 West Madison Street, Chicago, Ill. Office facilities that share urban blocks with retailers and restaurants can create fluid partnerships with those businesses, contributing to their recovery by making space for rotating amenities within the lobby. 1111 Brickell, Miami, Fla. Few are distinctive.

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Is a National General Contractor or Local Commercial Construction Firm Better For Your Project?

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If you’re opening a new Target location in Seattle and your short list of retail construction contractors are local GCs who have built other Targets, it’s the best of both worlds – local GC with knowledge of your brand standard. a flagship store in a vertical mall like Water Tower Place in Chicago….

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Hertz Announces Corporate Headquarters Relocation To Florida

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Hertz also noted that Orlando is the world’s largest car rental market, and that Miami is a hub for accelerating travel growth between the United States and Latin America. Hertz was founded in Chicago, IL in 1918, and moved its headquarters to New Jersey from mid-town Manhattan in 1988. “Florida is the center of the U.S.

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Understanding the different types of warehouses you can build

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An 82,114-square-foot Amazon Prime facility in Chicago, IL. A 116,783-square-foot Amazon Prime facility in Miami, FL. Responsible for sourcing Hershey chocolate to Midwest retailers, there’s usually $1 billion of inventory inside at any time. It’s massive­ at nearly 1.1 million square feet.

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Autocar Chooses Alabama For $120M Investment

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Autocar’s hundreds of customers include most major cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, Miami, Baltimore, and Charlotte, most national waste-hauling fleets, and many of the largest retailers,food manufacturers, and freight logistics companies in North America. Relocating or Expanding Your Business In Alabama.

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