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Commercial Construction Strategies: Flagship Stores to Footprint Expansion

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Over the last few years, Englewood Construction has been involved in several flagship store and brand expansion projects with our national retail, fitness, and restaurant clients. Flagship Retail Relocation – American Girl Building or relocating national retail flagship stores nationwide is nothing new to Englewood Construction.

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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. At Englewood Construction, we have had the good fortune of being attached to several high-profile, upscale downtown Chicago restaurant construction projects. Design savings.

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How Trusting Relationships Build Better Commercial Construction Projects

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Englewood Construction is currently negotiating a contract with Mrs. Green’s to convert former Fox and Obel in Chicago. In our experience, we have found clients who care about producing the best commercial construction projects are more likely to engage in the negotiated contract process. Setting expectations.

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Commercial Construction Tips: Six Best Practice Resolutions for 2011

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I’m sure the retailer was also surprised. If the client needed a hospital or condo building on top of the retail it would make sense, but 500 sq. Bottom line, use a commercial general contractor who specializes in what you need, whether its retail construction , restaurant construction, etc.

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Englewood Commercial Construction News: Two of the Best Words in Business…We’re Hiring

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The activity level that we saw in the fourth quarter of 2012 in new retail, restaurant and hospitality construction projects is double what we saw a year earlier. We’ve also promoted several hard-working members of our team who have helped make Englewood one of Chicago’s best general contracting firms.

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Are You Lining Your Commercial General Contractor’s Pockets?

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Sure, I know there will always be commercial developers who competitively bid all their projects, but from a commercial construction cost and timeline perspective, it pays to negotiate with a designated general contractor versus requesting multiple bids on a construction project. Reviewing bids can take weeks while negotiating takes days.

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Why Commercial Facility Maintenance Is Your Best Insurance Policy

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There is always a sense of pride and accomplishment after completing a retail construction, restaurant construction and commercial construction project for a client. They should be selling their product, not negotiating with vendors. In one case, a new retail construction property had extensive fire damage to its roof.