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Best and Worst of 2010: Commercial Construction Trends

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With so much desirable retail space available, many brands were taking advantage of desirable shopping center rents and tenant allowances to add a new store location and increase market share. While sustainable construction was a hot button in 2010 office construction, green retail and restaurant construction did not gain as much traction.

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Lessons learned from our museum construction projects

The Korte Company

This maximizes the museum’s ability to comfortably channel visitors to its various focal points, including a large glass display wall, a wide-screen theater, a multi-purpose space and a retail area. Usually, the phrase “mixed-use development” envisions dynamic spaces featuring offices, retail, restaurants and housing.

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Money, relationships, power, marketing

Construction Marketing Ideas

Our captain, Robert Merkley , combines the traits of the genuinely wealthy people worthy of admiration: He has practical down-to-earth competence (as a masonry retailer to the region’s contractors and developers) yet plenty of community spirit and genuine philanthropic values.

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Location Focus: Florida – Rebounded And Ready

Business Facilities

New conceptual plans offer two options: as a new Retail District or an Office Park. Retail: Numerous existing retailers in Cape Coral have experienced tremendous annual sales and, in some instances, are the largest grossing stores within their respective chains. This reflects the retail market’s vast potential in the city.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Kansas – Diversification From The Ground Up

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Building from an agribusiness base, the state today is thriving and competitive in manufacturing, professional services and wholesale and retail trades. Highly skilled and educated workforce. With unparalleled educational opportunities nearby and a thriving business community, Topeka offers exceptional human capital.

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Food Processing: Generating Growth for Good Eats

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Brampton’s young, educated and diverse labor force is matched by its ideal location. Brampton has access to a large pool of highly skilled workers and to trained employees and graduates from first-rate post-secondary educational institutions. These companies then process and package it for sale to retail and wholesale markets.

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State Focus: Pennsylvania – Built To Advance

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Pennsylvania’s universities are world-renowned and include four of the top 50 educational institutions in the nation1. In fact, Careers in 2 Years encourages an entrepreneurial spirit in many of the students. Additional perks include: Class-A office buildings, industrial parks, manufacturing sites and prime retail locations.