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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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Women to the Rescue: How to Solve The Skilled Labor Shortage in Construction

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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. And the Iron Workers, in April 2017, became the first building trades union to offer up to eight months of paid maternity leave.

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Guide to Top 2022-23 Construction Conferences & Events

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CMAA Focus (Chicago, IL). CMAA Focus 2022 will take place at the Renaissance Chicago in Downtown Chicago. It takes place at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square this year. AIA Conference on Architecture 2022 (Chicago, IL). Find out at AIA Conference on Architecture, coming to Chicago in June of 2022.

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Feature Story: Public-Private Partnerships – An Alliance For Progress That Works

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Less Taxing,” aired for six months in the NY/NJ/CT, Boston and Chicago markets. Navy Federal Credit Union, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Deutsche Bank. The MEDC was created as a public body corporate in 1999 through an Interlocal Agreement between the Michigan Strategic Fund and public agencies across Michigan.

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Logistics: On the Road, Water or Rails…or in the Air — AGAIN

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Chicago is the nation’s rail hub that connects six of the seven class one railroads. per square foot, lower than the Chicago Market average of $4.84. rail freight passes through Chicago’s rail yards. On a daily basis, 500 freight trains and 37,500 carloads of rail freight leave the Chicago metro region (i.e.,

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities – Metro And Global Rankings

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Some heavy business hitters also are placing huge wagers on Detroit’s recovery, most prominently Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert, a native son of Michigan, has spent more than $1 billion to acquire 3 million square feet of real estate in the heart of downtown Detroit. Names Innovation Hubs. ThermoCalc, TIMET, Trumpf, Inc.,

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Business Facilities’ 2019 Metro Rankings Report

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With approximately four out of five manufacturers having less than 250 employees, West Michigan manufacturers are lean, innovative and offer a wide variety of capabilities. Manufacturing currently accounts for 15 percent of all jobs in the region and remains the heart of West Michigan’s economy. NORTHERN VA IS DATA CENTRAL.

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