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ICSC (RECon) Executive Summary: Four Commercial Construction Trends

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The tone of the attendees at ICSC’s “Global Retail Real Estate Convention” (RECon) in Las Vegas last month was as positive and energizing as it was in the commercial construction boom years before 2008. Retailers are starting to feel more confident and expansions are on the horizon. Business is good. Dealing with e-commerce.

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Commercial Construction 2020 Trends: Cannabis Retail, Senior Housing and Restaurant Construction Lead the Way

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Englewood’s business development team attended ICSC’s CenterBuild conference in December, where conversations revolved around retail activity and opportunities in 2020. Retail Developers Will Play All Sides: . As we’ve discussed previously on this blog, there are unique challenges and opportunities associated with work in this arena.

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Williams-Sonoma Will Create 2,400 Jobs In Arizona

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The home furnishings retailer plans to open a new 1.25-million-square-foot million-square-foot fulfillment and distribution center in The Cubes at Glendale.

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CarMax To Create More Than 400 Jobs In Arizona

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The Fortune 500 used car retailer will open a new contact center in Tempe, AZ by the end of this year. Read: CarMax To Create More Than 400 Jobs In Arizona at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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Boasting a population of nearly 500,000, Mesa is the 36th largest city in the United States and second largest in the Phoenix-Mesa metro area. AZLabs is located adjacent to the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport making it a strategic location for unmanned and autonomous vehicle research and operations. In 2016, U.S.

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A good time to invest in the future.

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Not unexpectedly, there’s still plenty of bad news: ENR’s construction revenue data (updated through second quarter) show the commercial market still declining, especially in retail and office construction. August finds us headed down to Phoenix mid-month, to finish up an environmental contractor’s new Timberline estimating system.

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The Road to Recovery in Detroit

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But out of the ashes of this monumental collapse — and in the midst of one of the most run-down neighborhoods in Detroit — a remarkable revival is rising like a phoenix. In 2008, Chrysler rolled the dice and told the world it would invest $1.8 billion in its Jefferson North plant on Detroit’s dilapidated East Side.

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