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Flagship Store Retail Construction: 3 Reasons Brands Still Build in a Flagship Location

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With our firm’s long track record in retail construction, we’ve witnessed firsthand the ebb and flow of activity across this sector over the years. It’s true the retail mix among flagship stores in prime locations is changing. Today, many of those traditional mall retailers have closed their flagships.

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How to Win the Olympics of International Retail Construction

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Building Michigan Avenue flagship stores for international brands like Zara is a sweet spot for Englewood Construction. While most of us will accept delayed Olympic news due to the time zone difference, the same isn’t true when working with international brands and new retail construction. So at 7 p.m.

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Five Retail Construction Tips from Zara’s New Magnificent Mile Store

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Michigan Ave. But what I want to do is tell you what you may not know about the retail space construction of this Zara store and how to apply this information to your next retail construction project. 1. Hidden traps in retail construction approval process. Have a question on Zara’s Michigan Avenue store?

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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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Five Predictions for Commercial Construction Trends in 2012

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Value-based retailers like hhgregg, Ross Dress for Less and Savers should experience construction growth in 2012. It’s that time of year when our team predicts the 2012 commercial construction trends – from what’s on tap for Chicago retail construction to national restaurant construction and hospitality construction.

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Should You Hire A Commercial General Contractor Who Works For a Competing Brand?

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If your retail construction contractor can build retail stores like this on Michigan Avenue…. If you did retail construction for Hollywood Videos then you couldn’t build Blockbusters. If you did retail construction for Hollywood Videos then you couldn’t build Blockbusters. It’s the same “who’s on first?”

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Predictions and National Trends in Commercial Construction

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Value-based retailers like hhgregg, Ross Dress for Less and Savers should experience construction growth in 2012. It’s that time of year when our team predicts the commercial construction trends for the upcoming year– from what’s on tap for Chicago retail construction to national restaurant construction and hospitality construction.