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Adaptive reuse: 5 benefits of office-to-residential conversions

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Adaptive reuse: 5 benefits of office-to-residential conversions FitzGerald completed renovations on Millennium on LaSalle, a 14-story building in the heart of Chicago’s Loop. Originally built in 1902, the former office building now comprises 211 apartment units and marks LaSalle Street’s first complete office-to-residential conversion.

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Chicago Architecture Center sets Aug. 31 as opening date

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The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) recently announced Aug. Wacker Drive, a building originally designed by The Office of Mies van der Rohe. Michigan Avenue. 31 as the opening date for its new location at 111 E.

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3 Tips to a Successful High-End Restaurant Construction Project

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Recently, Englewood completed the 23,000-square-foot Harry Carays 7th Inning Stretch and Chicago Sports Museum at Chicagos famed Water Tower Place. Commercial general contractors are finding plenty of opportunities in the office, apartment and hotel construction markets right now. Time is money.

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The Keys to Making Big Box Retail Construction Projects Successfully Fit Smaller, Urban Footprints like CityTarget on State Street

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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. Probably so. Probably so.

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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. 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

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Chicago Place shopping mall retrofit. The big shopping center landlords and office building owners aren’t going to release any funds until a deal is signed. Michigan Ave., And third, we hear there is a major baby/maternity retailer looking to launch a new concept store on Michigan Avenue.

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Five Retail Construction Tips from Zara’s New Magnificent Mile Store

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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. If your commercial general contractor’s main office is in another time zone from you or your project, the GC should work on your clock, not theirs. Chuck Taylor.

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