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Housing’s Great Rethink: Workforce Development Takes Center Stage

Pro Builder

Lower-paying jobs in the retail, food service, and hospitality sectors also were roundly rejected or, in the aftermath of the pandemic, rarely reconsidered. In manufacturing and construction—industries that generally pay well—quits outnumbered swaps, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRBSL).

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Mastering theme park construction coordination

The Korte Company

Theme park construction costs including how a project will be financed. Here’s a rundown: Cahokia Mounds Museum and Interpretive Center – Collinsville, IL: This museum honors the history of a pre-Columbian Native American city that sat across the Mississippi River from present-day St. Hard Rock Cafe and retail center – St.

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Game Winner

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Earlier this year, we told you how Las Vegas purloined the NFL’s Raiders from Oakland, CA after Clark County, NV agreed to finance $750 million of the cost of a new $1.9-billion The promenade will consist of 50,500 square feet of retail space plus 68 residential units. billion stadium.

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Megabucks Park

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billion home of the Los Angeles Rams (currently known as the St. Louis Rams, who lured the original Los Angeles Rams to Missouri in 1995 after the St. Louis Cardinals NFL franchise moved to Phoenix and became the Arizona Cardinals, the same year the L.A. stadium with the Rams, leaving football fans in San Diego and St.

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More than a headquarters: Deepening roots for Glik’s and Korte’s next generation

The Korte Company

Ralph Korte and Joe Glik, stewards of their own construction and retail legacies respectively, first crossed paths in the early 1970s. After building Glik’s retail locations in Missouri and Illinois across four decades, The Korte Company took on an even bigger venture for this century-old retailer: A new 50,000-square-foot headquarters.

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Modest Revenue Increases Continue Through Spring

PSMJ Resources

In addition, nonresidential construction activity increased in the Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta, Chicago, and St. Louis districts, and healthcare construction expanded in the Cleveland and Chicago districts. One factor leading to lower numbers was a sharp decline in retail employment. Leadership in Action.

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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. Many of the country’s inland ports are located in the Midwest, including Chicago, Memphis, St.

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