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4 Commercial Construction Industry Trends and Predictions for 2019

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I recently attended a senior housing conference in Chicago where a panelist discussed the challenge senior housing operators face in hiring and retaining caregivers and other staff given the high hourly wages offered by employers like Amazon. Developers Think Outside the Big Box to Fill Retail Vacancies.

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Commercial Construction Industry Trends: The “Highs” and “Lows” that Shaped 2019

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We’ve also translated our experience in working with restaurant and retail brands on national rollouts to new partnerships with major cannabis players who are expanding in multiple markets simultaneously. . In the past, RECon was pretty much dominated by retail, with just a smattering of reps from restaurant and other sectors.

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Industry Focus – Retail: Less Than Six Degrees of Separation

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Retail accounts for more than $2 trillion in total GDP impact with consumer spending accounting for more than two-thirds of the U.S. The Tarpon Point Resort at Marina Village is home to a number of upscale retail shops and restaurants. By the BF Staff From the March/April 2016 Issue. Credit: City of Cape Coral). percent.

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2020 Aurora Awards Winners: Multifamily, and Project of the Year

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The annual Aurora Awards competition held by the Southeast Building Conference recognizes outstanding housing-related professionals for their work in 12 southeastern states and the Eastern Caribbean. NOVEL Atherton adds a significant amount of new rental apartment units and retail space to Charlotte's historic South End neighborhood.

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4 New Live/Work Housing Design Solutions

Pro Builder

Each three-story detached home has approximately 250 square feet of work space at the ground floor, a flexible area that can either serve the owner as a home-based business or be leased out to a business tenant and locked off from the residence. Each home is about 1,998 square feet, with primary living space on the second floor.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Nate Schuetz, Construction Manager at Saltbox

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Once someone leases a warehouse suite or office space, they also get a membership to use our shared amenities. We have a couple of different co-working spaces like conference rooms and relaxing oasis spaces where people can just sit down and relax, take a meeting, or get some work done. I joined as a Sr.

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BUSINESS REPORT: Stafford County – Where Connectivity And Opportunity Intersect

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Leases range from 5,000 square feet to complete buildings. The Quantico Corporate Center campus, a project of the Silver Companies, is expected to have a total of 1 million square feet of space, including a conference center and retail square footage, to be built in phases. Over 500,000 square feet of space is now complete.