Walsh-Herzog JV completes $650M Indiana rail expansion
Construction Dive
MAY 22, 2024
The two-phase, double-track project improves safety for riders and reduces travel times between Michigan City, Indiana, and Chicago.
River Flow Reversed to Solve Sewage Problem for Chicago
ENR Construction
MARCH 21, 2024
During the 19th century, Chicago’s sewage got dumped into the Chicago River and flowed into Lake Michigan. Because the city’s drinking water was, and still is, drawn from the lake via two mile-long tunnels, officials feared that the sewage would endanger the water supply.
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HardHatChat
APRIL 21, 2022
Englewood Construction is proud to have helped out client get this Red Lobster up and running in Detroit, Michigan. Golf-X, Chicago, IL. Construction is rarely pretty but wait until you see the finished X-Golf Chicago project. Floor & Decor, Chicago, IL. Golf-X, Chicago, IL. Floor & Decor, Chicago, IL.
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Best Interior/Tenant Improvement: Starbucks Reserve Roastery Chicago
ENR Construction
MARCH 10, 2021
Where coffee meets Willy Wonka is what Starbucks fans will find at its Chicago Reserve Roastery on Michigan Avenue, in a renovation that turned the 43,000-sq-ft space into a retail experience as much as a coffee outlet and cafe.
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5-Year, $3.7-Billion Chicago Capital Projects Plan Clears Finance Committee, Headed for Council Vote
ENR Construction
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
The city of Chicago's new five-year capital plan calls for road, sewer and Lake Michigan and Chicago river work, but requires $1.4 billion in new borrowing for the first two years alone.
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Flagship Store Retail Construction: 3 Reasons Brands Still Build in a Flagship Location
HardHatChat
OCTOBER 28, 2019
Apple’s first flagship store was in Chicago on Michigan Avenue, where tourists and locals alike quickly became familiar with – and grew to love – the unique environment it offered to interact with the brand’s latest products. A quintessential example of this is our long-time client American Girl.
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Chicago Sees Record Rainfall, Floods, Power Outage; No Room in Lake Michigan for the Water
ENR Construction
MAY 18, 2020
Record rainfall for May has left Chicago's tunnel and reservoir filled to capacity, and operations to send the water into Lake Michigan didn't immediately work due to high water levels and flooding.
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Chicago Retail Construction News and Trends – 2011 Updates
HardHatChat
MARCH 28, 2011
Now that spring is officially here, I wanted to reflect on the Chicago retail construction trends and news we’ve seen so far in 2011. From the new commercial construction projects we know are in the pipeline, to what I heard at the recent Bisnow Chicago Retail Summit , I am cautiously optimistic. Michigan Avenue.
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Great Chicago Fire Slows Down Road Construction
Construction Equipment
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
A $134 million Illinois Department of Transportation project on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive is experiencing unforeseen delays in part due to recycling done in 1871. Debris from the historic fire was used as landfill along the Lake Michigan shoreline.
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Chicago Architecture Center sets Aug. 31 as opening date
BD+C
JUNE 14, 2018
The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) recently announced Aug. The new location, which will be called the Chicago Architecture Center (CAC), will be established after the Foundation spent the previous 25 years located at the Railway Exchange Building at 224 S. Michigan Avenue.
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56 Even after redevelopment, the iconic 'Chicago Tribune' sign will remain at 435 N. Michigan Ave.
BD+C
AUGUST 7, 2018
As Tribune Tower, former home of the Chicago Tribune, moves forward with its redevelopment into condominiums, a settlement has been reached between Tronc (the newspaper’s parent company) and CIM Group and Golub & Co. the real estate firms spearheading the tower’s redevelopment) about what to do with the iconic Chicago Tribune sign.
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Landscape/Urban Development: Chicago Riverwalk
ENR Construction
MARCH 1, 2018
Once a meandering marshy stream, then a polluted eyesore, the Chicago River is now a major hub of recreation, education and economic development thanks to a promenade providing a pedestrian connection between Lake Michigan and the confluence of the river’s north and south branches.
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44 How to Win the Olympics of International Retail Construction
HardHatChat
JULY 23, 2012
Building Michigan Avenue flagship stores for international brands like Zara is a sweet spot for Englewood Construction. With the 2012 Summer Olympics right around the corner, it got me thinking that with London six hours ahead of Chicago, much of what we’ll be watching will be old news taped from earlier in the day. So at 7 p.m.
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Navy Pier’s first hotel opens
BD+C
MARCH 16, 2021
Navy Pier’s first hotel, Sable at Navy Pier, opened this week in Chicago. Each of the 223 guest rooms features a window seat with views of Chicago’s skyline and Lake Michigan. The KOO-designed project links the lake with the city that acts as its backdrop.
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3 Tips to a Successful High-End Restaurant Construction Project
HardHatChat
AUGUST 12, 2014
Recently, Englewood completed the 23,000-square-foot Harry Carays 7th Inning Stretch and Chicago Sports Museum at Chicagos famed Water Tower Place. At Englewood Construction, we have had the good fortune of being attached to several high-profile, upscale downtown Chicago restaurant construction projects. Time is money.
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Commercial Construction Predictions and Trends for 2013
HardHatChat
NOVEMBER 19, 2012
Michigan Avenue in Chicago is seeing a mix of high-end retailers and value retailers, a trend that will continue in 2013 in markets across the country. To do this, let’s focus on the famed Magnificent Mile in Chicago. This year, I wanted to use a micro example to highlight macro retail and restaurant construction trends.
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Chicago's Lake Shore Drive Bridge Closes for Emergency Repairs, Reopens With Temporary Fix
ENR Construction
FEBRUARY 18, 2019
The popular thoroughfare handles 120,000 vehicles a day, half of which use the northbound lanes.
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James McHugh Construction breaks ground on 1000M, Michigan Avenue’s tallest tower to be
BD+C
OCTOBER 30, 2019
CHICAGO, Ill., TEI), JK Equities and Oak Capitals, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday, October 24th, to celebrate the start of construction for 1000M , the ultra-luxury condominium building across from Grant Park in Chicago. October 30, 2019 – Co-developers Time Equities, Inc.
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Adaptive reuse: 5 benefits of office-to-residential conversions
BD+C
JUNE 19, 2023
The City of Chicago recently put out the LaSalle Reimagined Initiative IFP , which, in the words of Department of Housing Commissioner Marisa Novara, aims to “create hundreds of homes, including much-needed affordable housing in the city's central business district.” He is a licensed architect in Illinois, Michigan, and Texas.
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Bridge Repair Blamed for Delays on Chicago Lakefront Flyover
ENR Construction
OCTOBER 19, 2017
Aimed at improving safety along Chicago's popular Lakefront Trail bordering Lake Michigan, a new flyover structure will miss its scheduled 2018 completion date by at least a year, likely boosting the project's original $60-million cost.
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Bridge Repair Blamed for Delays on Chicago Lakefront Flyover
ENR Construction
OCTOBER 18, 2017
Aimed at improving safety along Chicago's popular Lakefront Trail bordering Lake Michigan, a new flyover structure will miss its scheduled 2018 completion date by at least a year, likely boosting the project's original $60-million cost.
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28 The Keys to Making Big Box Retail Construction Projects Successfully Fit Smaller, Urban Footprints like CityTarget on State Street
HardHatChat
MARCH 15, 2011
Englewood Construction has worked on a number of Chicago retail construction projects in high-traffic urban areas, such as American Girl Place on Michigan Avenue. So if your general contractor doesn’t tell you the same thing, then you’re not working with one of the best Chicago contractors. Michigan Ave., Probably so.
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West Michigan Lands Largest Third-Party Data Center In Eastern U.S.
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
DECEMBER 18, 2015
West Michigan Lands Largest Third-Party Data Center In Eastern U.S. The new SUPERNAP data center will establish the beginning of a 2 million square-foot state-of-the-art, high-tech campus in West Michigan. SUPERNAP Michigan will be 2 milliseconds from Chicago and 14 milliseconds from New York. Credit: Switch).
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40 The online world: How much easier (and profitable) marketing has become
Construction Marketing Ideas
JULY 10, 2017
As Vivian and I walked down Michigan Ave. in Chicago, we happened on the art-deco Lake-Michigan Building, one of several impressive art deco structures in the area (this building traces its roots to 1927 — just before the Great Depression, and originally was the midwest home for the NBC […]
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Builders Race to Future-Proof New Residential Development Against Climate Change
Pro Builder
JUNE 29, 2022
Cognizant of rising Lake Michigan water levels, Evanston, Ill.-based As well, it has often exceeded township and state requirements for structures built along the lake in the Chicago area, Indiana and Michigan. Environmental. New-Construction Projects. Planning + Development. Environmental.
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Snapshots: 60 Seconds… With Michael Finney, President And CEO, Michigan Economic Development
Buisness Facilities Contributed Content
JUNE 26, 2014
Michael Finney, President and CEO, Michigan Economic Development. BF: The Michigan Business Development program offers cash incentives in increments up to $10 million. They are commercializing technology that comes from a spinoff from the FRIB, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, at Michigan State University.
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Restaurant Commercial Construction Trends: Why Restaurant Construction is Booming
HardHatChat
APRIL 16, 2013
Olive Garden is building its first location in Chicago. In the past, its owners wouldn’t have wanted to pay high restaurant development costs to compete with the neighborhood Italian restaurants that seem ubiquitous in a city like Chicago. Want proof of this trend? You can reach me at chuck.taylor@englewoodconstruction.com.
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Commercial Construction Strategies: Flagship Stores to Footprint Expansion
HardHatChat
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
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. Some great examples of this are the variety of restaurant and retail build-outs we’ve completed up and down Chicago’s Michigan Avenue.
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Retail Construction Trends 2010 Update: Outside the Big Box
HardHatChat
AUGUST 11, 2010
Chicago Place shopping mall retrofit. Michigan Ave., aka the once-bustling eight-story Chicago Place shopping mall, we’re transforming what was the Michigan Avenue entrance of the mall into the formal entrance of AllSaints.
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209 Five Retail Construction Tips from Zara’s New Magnificent Mile Store
HardHatChat
NOVEMBER 17, 2009
Michigan Ave. in Chicago. For those familiar with Chicago, you may also know this store offers a prime corner location on the city’s famed Magnificent Mile. Have a question on Zara’s Michigan Avenue store? but there are also the not-so-obvious entities that need to be informed about your project. 2. The holy trinity.
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Retail Flagship Store Construction Projects: Challenges and Considerations
HardHatChat
MARCH 28, 2017
Flagship retail stores in busy urban shopping districts, such as this Zara location Englewood built out on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, present their own unique set of construction considerations. Some great examples of this are the variety of restaurant and retail build-outs we’ve completed up and down Chicago’s Michigan Avenue.
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Customer Relationship Management: Why Good Relationships Are Good Business in Commercial Construction
HardHatChat
MARCH 14, 2019
Plus, there’s a lot of crossover between the world of professional athletics, where he already has strong in-roads, and the restaurant industry – a commercial construction sector where Englewood has a proven track record, especially with fine-dining and sports-based concepts such as the Chicago Sports Museum and Harry Caray’s 7 th Inning Stretch.
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Groups and Chapters Offer Leadership and Networking
Construction Marketing
JUNE 15, 2010
Michigan. • . • Product Development/Product Management. Business Development/National Accounts. Chief Marketing Officers. Residential/Home Building. Remodeling. Regional/Local Chapters. New York/New Jersey. Atlanta. • Los Angeles. Minneapolis. Please use the contact form for questions or nominations.
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196 Radical proposal would transform Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive and create new lakefront park space
BD+C
FEBRUARY 10, 2017
Lake Shore Drive is one of the most famous streets in Chicago. With the skyline on one side and Lake Michigan on the other, it provides a nice snapshot of what the city has to offer. What it also provides, however, is traffic congestion and accidents.
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Five Predictions for Commercial Construction Trends in 2012
HardHatChat
NOVEMBER 30, 2011
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. Currently Savers has three Chicago-area locations, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see that number increase in 2012.
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Higher Education/Research and Excellence in Safety: University of Chicago: Physics Research Center
ENR Construction
NOVEMBER 20, 2018
The FRIB is a research area on the campus of Michigan State, part of the Office of Nuclear Physics in the U.S. of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC). 'Topes 'Topes win!
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CRE Construction Project Site Selection: 3 Tips for Finding the Perfect Match
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. We recently collaborated with a rock climbing gym to evaluate an old 8th-floor food court in a Michigan Avenue building in downtown Chicago.
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229 Predictions and National Trends in Commercial Construction
HardHatChat
NOVEMBER 30, 2011
It’s that time of year when our team predicts the commercial construction trends for the upcoming year– from what’s on tap for Chicago retail construction to national restaurant construction and hospitality construction. Currently Savers has three Chicago-area locations, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see that number increase.
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These Cities Are Becoming More Affordable for Renters
Pro Builder
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Baltimore, Maryland and New York, New York), one on the Gulf Coast (New Orleans, Louisiana) and one on the coast of Lake Michigan (Chicago, Illinois). Across those 11 cities, average fair market rent rose by an average of less than 2% between 2016 and 2019, while median household income rose by more than 19% on average.
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Must See: Detroit's Beaux-Arts parking garage
BD+C
AUGUST 21, 2014
The storied Michigan Building in downtown Detroit, built in the grandiose Renaissance Revival style of the Roaring Twenties, has now been used for a while as a facility the original architects perhaps never intended it to be used as: a parking garage.
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Michael R. Bohn named Executive VP at Gilbane
BD+C
MAY 16, 2013
With over 28 years of service to the company and leadership roles on such high-profile projects as the University of Michigan Biomedical Science Building and the University of Chicago Medical Center, Bohn will now have responsibility for Gilbane’s New York and Midwest business units. Bohn to executive vice president.
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49 Women to the Rescue: How to Solve The Skilled Labor Shortage in Construction
Viewpoint Construction Technology
APRIL 24, 2018
A Michigan nonprofit called Women in Skilled Trades also focuses on helping women enter these jobs, providing training in tasks like stenciling cement, wiring outlets and framing walls. Massachusetts isn’t alone in its efforts, either.
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Biggest Construction Companies In The US
Lets Build
APRIL 27, 2017
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company. Harkins Builders. Whiting Turner. Massachusetts. Bond Brothers. Consigli Building Group. Shawmut Design and Construction. Structure Tone. Suffolk Construction. Auch Construction. Barton Malow. Adolfson & Peterson Construction. Kraus-Anderson Construction. Mortenson Construction. Scull Construction.
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167 Should You Hire A Commercial General Contractor Who Works For a Competing Brand?
HardHatChat
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
If your retail construction contractor can build retail stores like this on Michigan Avenue…. Or look at it this way, if the Chicago Bears had the opportunity to hire Aaron Rodgers as their quarterback, would they turn him down just because he played for the Green Bay Packers?
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