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Retail Flagship Store Construction Projects: Challenges and Considerations

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Flagship retail stores in busy urban shopping districts, such as this Zara location Englewood built out on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, present their own unique set of construction considerations. Some great examples of this are the variety of restaurant and retail build-outs we’ve completed up and down Chicago’s Michigan Avenue.

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Commercial Construction Strategies: Flagship Stores to Footprint Expansion

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Over the last few years, Englewood Construction has been involved in several flagship store and brand expansion projects with our national retail, fitness, and restaurant clients. Flagship Retail Relocation – American Girl Building or relocating national retail flagship stores nationwide is nothing new to Englewood Construction.

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Consumers Energy Offering New Policies To Encourage Economic Development In Michigan

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Consumers Energy is helping promote economic development in Michigan by reducing or eliminating up-front expenses for new and expanding manufacturers, farms and retailers. An estimated 600 Michigan businesses each year will see the benefits of Consumers Energy’s new, innovative approach. Posted by Heidi Schwartz.

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How to design for adaptive reuse: Don’t reinvent the wheel

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How to design for adaptive reuse: Don’t reinvent the wheel 0 qpurcell Thu, 08/17/2023 - 09:52 Adaptive Reuse Gresham Smith demonstrates the opportunities of adaptive reuse, specifically reusing empty big-box retail and malls, many of which sit unused or underutilized across the country. Don’t overlook what you have.

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Adaptive reuse: 5 benefits of office-to-residential conversions

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Even considering that existing HVAC, electrical, and plumbing systems will likely have to be replaced, the overall cost will likely be 10-15% less than a new build. He is a licensed architect in Illinois, Michigan, and Texas. Let's look at those five benefits of adaptive reuse, office-to-residential.

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Restaurant Commercial Construction Trends: Why Restaurant Construction is Booming

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Unlike traditional retailers, restaurants are not feeling the pressure of on-line competition. We’ve also initiated a slew of high-end restaurants in Chicago, the most recent being a Season’s 52 for Darden at The Shops at North Bridge on Michigan Avenue. Most of the prime commercial locations are set up for retail, not restaurants.

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FEATURE STORY: Logistics Clusters Are Jobs Magnets

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These include transportation carriers of all kinds, as well as warehousing, distribution, third-party logistics services, manufacturers’ operations, retailers and distributers who may have their own distribution centers. This is where you see development of hybrid trucks, electric trucks and hybrid cranes.

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