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JUNE 21, 2011

The pending downtown Chicago casino will involve a different set of construction challenges than the Rivers Casino in Des Plaines (shown here). In Chicago commercial construction news , everyone knows the big buzz right now is on the pending Chicago casino. More challenges = higher commercial construction costs.

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HardHatChat

JULY 13, 2010

The recent Chicago City Council approval of a second Wal-Mart in the city limits is excellent news for Chicago’s commercial construction industry. History shows commercial developers do well opening new big box retail stores like Bed Bath and Beyond, Home Depot or Best Buy near Wal-Marts. Bill Di Santo on Champlain Ave.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Englewood Construction recently completed a Season’s 52 on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. In our own backyard, numerous Chicago mixed-use construction projects will be going up next year. This new mixed-use construction project will include multifamily and 161,000 square feet of retail. Upscale restaurants move forward.

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OCTOBER 3, 2014

Metro Chicago Exports Collaboration Launched appeared first on Business Facilities (BF) Magazine. Archives Articles By Industry Articles By Location Articles By Topic Daily News Featured Post Foreign Direct Investment Illinois Online Features U.S.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

In fact, Chicago cupcake restaurants and food trucks are popping up all over the place. However, the best Chicago cupcakes Englewood Construction ever had were the ones from our latest Chicago education construction job. Cupcake restaurants are hot right now in restaurant construction trends.

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Contractor Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Attendance was strong with the big show welcoming 48,034 attendees interacting with 1,875 exhibitors.

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Business Facilities

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Read: Conagra Building New Innovation Center In Chicago at BusinessFacilities.com. The Conagra Brands Center for Food Design will be a state-of-the-art snacking innovation center with up to 50 food designers and culinary staff.

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HardHatChat

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

As commercial construction news reports say business continues to pick up, we are happy to see some new faces around the office at Englewood Construction. 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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Business Facilities

JUNE 7, 2017

Trustwave will add more than 300 employees at its new Chicago headquarters; City Colleges of Chicago is launching a Cyber Security Boot Camp. Read: Cyber Security Company Expands Chicago Headquarters.

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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? Chuck Taylor. Director of Operations. Tel: 847-233-9200 x712.

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Contractor Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Contractors, HVAC professionals and others from across the world will make way to Chicago for this year''s ASHRAE’s 2015 Winter Conference. Industry Event News' Content Classification: Curated.

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Business Facilities

MAY 11, 2018

The global floral company’s headquarters relocation to Chicago is part its new strategic growth plan. Read: FTD Companies Relocating HQ To Chicago at BusinessFacilities.com.

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HardHatChat

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Englewood recently did this with Harry Caray’s 7 th Inning Stretch and Chicago Sports Museum in Chicago’s Water Tower Place. This has been great news for general commercial construction contractors. And earlier this year, we completed a ground-up retail construction project Goodwill in the Chicago area.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Outcome Health is planning to add 2,000 new employees over the next five years at its new 392,000-square-foot Chicago location, Outcome Tower. The Chicago-based company’s growth is helping drive the city’s emergence as a national hub for the health-tech sector. Outcome Health | © Gensler Chicago.

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HardHatChat

OCTOBER 10, 2013

In the Chicago area alone, there are probably close to a dozen local and regional shopping malls in the middle of a shopping center renovation project, or, slated to begin one in the very near future. However, this is not just a Chicago trend. We’ll be sure to keep you posted. Bill Di Santo. Tel: 847-233-9200 x710.

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HardHatChat

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Anyone who knows me knows I love to talk about commercial construction trends and share the latest commercial construction news. When I was breaking the ice by asking people where they were from, I couldn’t believe how many people were from the Chicago area. Look for an educational take-a-way.

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HardHatChat

JUNE 12, 2014

In the Chicago-area alone, we can point to several major shopping center construction projects taking place. Construction News and Trends Retail Construction Shopping Center Construction Chicago Construction News Commercial Construction Trends' This hasn’t been the case in recent years, but the trend seems to be changing.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Gogo, an in-flight connectivity company, will move its corporate headquarters and commercial aviation business to Chicago, IL. The company will move more than 460 employees to 232,000 square feet at the new location, with plans to add more than 50 jobs within the next two years. Great Lakes U.S.

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Contractor Magazine

DECEMBER 24, 2023

50,000 attendees will come to Chicago in January to see the latest technology and listen to the top minds in the industry.

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Construction Marketing Ideas

JUNE 14, 2015

My goal is for you to purchase some advertising in Chicago Construction News. I publish regional construction multi-media services, including this week in Chicago. But Chicago is a really big city — and it isn’t easy to say “like me” to someone so new at the game. The process takes time.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel have announced that (ALC), a provider of assisted living with more than 200 residences across the United States, will move its corporate headquarters from Menomonee Falls, WI, to Chicago, IL by the end of the year. Chicago also has the second highest employment of any metro area in the U.S.

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Construction Superintendent Magazine

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

CHICAGO, Ill. With supplies of some key materials, equipment and labor tightening, Mortenson Construction has raised its estimate for nonresidential construction cost increases in Chicago, Illinois, for 2017 from 4 percent to 4.5 percent in Chicago, according to the Mortenson Construction Cost Index.

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HardHatChat

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

The grocery market has been extremely hot in the Chicago area. In the depths of a historically cold Midwestern winter, one market has remained particularly hot for Chicago commercial general contractors—grocery store construction. Englewood recently completed a Trader Joe’s in Libertyville, Ill. www.englewoodconstruction.com.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MAY 4, 2016

More than 700 new jobs have been created by 16 tech companies in Chicago recently, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced as he helped open the newly-completed expansion space at 1871 , the city’s first-of-its-kind digital startup hub. According to Built In Chicago, 143 companies raised more than $1.7 Source: 1871).

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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. Our very first project with the brand was to relocate its original Chicago flagship store to Michigan Avenue in 2008.

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JULY 17, 2015

We published our first issue of Chicago Construction News yesterday. Yesterday, we launched Chicago Construction News. But what about Chicago? Brooke has been incredibly successful in building relationships in Chicago. And how could we hold the fort for a decade to allow this re-launch.

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JULY 23, 2012

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. Because of the influx of international shoppers to the city, you can expect a rise in international retailers in Chicago.

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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. The value stores bring more foot traffic, more revenue and eventually more new stores to the area.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Wacker Drive in Chicago. Pat Quinn announced that biopharmaceutical company Durata Therapeutics will be moving its global headquarters to Illinois from New Jersey. “Durata Therapeutics’ decision to move to Chicago is a testament to Illinois’ role as a hub for biotech innovation.” Photo: Regus).

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HardHatChat

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

In 2009, amid the business challenges of the Great Recession, our company made the decision to start a blog as an outlet to share commercial construction trends, insights, news, and observations on a variety of topics. But after reading through 10 years of blog posts, I realized it has changed – and so has Englewood Construction.

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HardHatChat

MAY 31, 2012

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. We’re all fighting for new construction jobs, but that’s no excuse to abuse the system. Playing fair starts at the top.

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Contractor Magazine

MAY 11, 2016

states, Canada, Nigeria and the Philippines attended the Women Build Nations Conference held in Chicago. Over 1,500 skilled tradeswomen from 40 U.S. read more.

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HardHatChat

DECEMBER 22, 2011

As 2011 comes to a close, it’s time for us to look back on the commercial construction building trends , news and projects of this past year and share our thoughts on the highs and lows in the industry. It was optimistic and certainly gave us a lot of commercial construction news to talk about around the water cooler.

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Construction Superintendent Magazine

APRIL 15, 2024

Boston, Chicago, Honolulu, Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C. The latest RLB quarterly Construction Cost Report, with data from mid-Q1 2024, shows that the national average increase in construction costs was 1.29%, similar to pre-pandemic levels. all experienced increases over the national average this quarter.

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JUNE 28, 2018

Even if you’re busy, it’s wise to stay in the loop about the latest construction industry news so you know what to expect as this busy season continues. We’ve got you covered with this month’s roundup of stories related to construction technology, labor, seasonal safety issues, innovative new projects and more.

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APRIL 19, 2019

Skender and Z Modular have signed an agreement to manufacture multifamily housing components in a factory on the southwest side of Chicago. The aim is to produce “high-quality, multi-story modular housing that addresses a critical affordable housing need in Chicago,” according to a Skender news release.

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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. Is this a new retail construction trend ? So if your general contractor doesn’t tell you the same thing, then you’re not working with one of the best Chicago contractors.

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