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Google Deal to Breathe New Life Into Chicago's Iconic Thompson Center

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Google plans to renovate the 1.2-million-sq-ft million-sq-ft Loop building, completed in 1985, in a sustainable way.

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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. OFFICE-TO-RESIDENTIAL – A NATIONAL TREND This trend goes far beyond Chicago.

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2014 Commercial Construction Industry Trends and Predictions

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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. Also in Chicago, the New City Development at Halstead Street and Clybourn Avenue will break ground with 366,954 square feet of retail.

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How to Decrease Commercial Construction Costs by Reusing the Right Items

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Recently, our director of operations Chuck Taylor was featured in a Chicago Tribune article based on the reporter’s curiosity about a hotel peephole he kept in his office. What made this peephole so interesting was that it was salvaged from the hotel construction renovation we did of a HoJo in Chicago.

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The Ultimate Office Design Build Case Study – Us!

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So it is with great pride that I announce the completion of our most successful Chicago design build office construction job to date – the new headquarters of Englewood Construction! for what we considered the ultimate office tenant renovation project. Don’t design in a silo.

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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts

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Trish Donnally MFPRO+ Blog Higher Education University Buildings Multifamily Housing Affordable Housing Senior Living Design Student Housing Designers Architects Projects Sustainable Development To say the United States is facing an affordable housing crisis is a major understatement.

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Smart building technology: Talking results at the BUILDINGChicago/ Greening the Heartland show

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Embedding resilience into building solutions is the theme at the BUILDING Chicago /Greening the Heartland expo and conference , September 9-11 at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza. Body Image: read more.

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