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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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Legalized Marijuana: Opportunities and Impact for Commercial Real Estate and Construction

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That means companies that want to be among the first to open in the market need to start now to not only get licensed, but also negotiate lease deals, enlist their construction partner and start building out their facility. Security features, for one, are a major difference between a dispensary and a ‘typical’ retail store.

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How Trusting Relationships Build Better Commercial Construction Projects

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Englewood Construction is currently negotiating a contract with Mrs. Green’s to convert former Fox and Obel in Chicago. In our experience, we have found clients who care about producing the best commercial construction projects are more likely to engage in the negotiated contract process. Setting expectations.

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3 Tips to a Successful High-End Restaurant Construction Project

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Working directly with a restaurateur generally implies a negotiated bid scenario. Scheduling. In the case of the aforementioned Harry Carays, Water Tower Place is home to retail, restaurants, apartments and a hotel. Loading dock scheduling can get tricky too, as many businesses often vie for the same delivery times.

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Commercial Construction Tips: Six Best Practice Resolutions for 2011

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Schedule a commercial construction preventive maintenance visit. I’m sure the retailer was also surprised. If the client needed a hospital or condo building on top of the retail it would make sense, but 500 sq. Most of our work comes through the competitive bid process , but we welcome negotiating with clients and so should you.

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Why Commercial Facility Maintenance Is Your Best Insurance Policy

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There is always a sense of pride and accomplishment after completing a retail construction, restaurant construction and commercial construction project for a client. They should be selling their product, not negotiating with vendors. Scheduled commercial property maintenance. Call us, and we take care of it.

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With Inflation, How Can We Help Construction Costs Stay Down?

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It creates full trust and transparency in online transactions, helping you safely execute contract negotiations and removing the need for expensive intermediary third parties. Builders, manufacturers and retailers are acquiring lots of warehouse space to build up their raw material supplies.