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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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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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Groups and Chapters Offer Leadership and Networking

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Chief Marketing Officers. Remodeling. . • Environmental/Green. Market Research. Product Development/Product Management. Business Development/National Accounts. Residential/Home Building. Regional/Local Chapters. Michigan. • New York/New Jersey. Atlanta. • Los Angeles. Minneapolis.

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5 Signs Your Shopping Center Construction Contractor is Costing You Business

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When it comes to current retail and commercial construction trends , we all know there aren’t a lot of new shopping centers under construction right now, or new office buildings under construction for that matter. Q uiet over there!

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Commercial Construction Highs and Lows of 2011

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We saw drawings for new Chicago restaurant projects, retail construction work, office renovations, school construction and learning center additions – you name it, we saw it. If you don’t know who specializes in your line of business then start your search online with a query like “Chicago retail construction experts”.

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What are Today's Best New Retail Developments? | Hard Hat Chat

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Office/Industrial. Recently, we were performing a pre-construction analysis for a retail client on a Chicago-area property. is a commercial general contractor specializing in the construction of retail, restaurant, shopping center, hotel, office and industrial projects throughout the United States. Office Construction (5).

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Best and Worst of 2010: Commercial Construction Trends

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And of course the industry did see some notable shopping center renovations in 2010, such as Randhurst Mall in Chicago and Hamilton Plaza Shopping Center in New Jersey. While sustainable construction was a hot button in 2010 office construction, green retail and restaurant construction did not gain as much traction.