HardHatChat

JULY 23, 2012

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. The other year we were building a handful of stateside stores for Michael Hill, a New Zealand-based jewelry retailer, which is 16 hours ahead of Chicago. So at 7 p.m.

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JANUARY 30, 2019

But for general contractors and our clients, the result is higher project budgets and challenges in construction scheduling. Reshaping the Retail Landscape. The good news for subcontractors is the labor shortage means higher profitability, because they are working at-capacity and able to charge a premium for their services.

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HardHatChat

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

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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HardHatChat

JUNE 21, 2012

What are Today’s Best New Retail Developments? With the way the commercial real estate market has been the last several years, people are looking to commercial construction experts for the best construction tips on how to proceed with a successful new retail development. Restaurant. Shopping Center. Hospitality. Office/Industrial.

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HardHatChat

APRIL 24, 2023

As a National General Contractor working across multiple verticals in the commercial construction space, we understand the challenges (COVID and Supply Chain) facing our retail, restaurant, hospitality, and senior housing clients. That certainly makes it difficult to schedule your opening. This has been a big growth area for Englewood.

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HardHatChat

MARCH 15, 2011

Englewood Construction has worked on a number of Chicago retail construction projects in high-traffic urban areas, such as American Girl Place on Michigan Avenue. Is this a new retail construction trend ? Who do you think will be the next big box retailer to offer a small store concept? Probably so. Michigan Ave., Chuck Taylor.

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HardHatChat

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

What Every Developer Should Ask General Contractors During the Retail Construction Bid Process. For my first blog post, a lot of people at Englewood Construction suggested I write about how to choose a retail construction company. In my experience, the most successful retailers choose these qualities over a low bid every time.

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HardHatChat

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Is Your Vertical Retail Construction Project a Mess or a Success? Some may disagree, but we at Englewood Construction think the challenges commercial developers face in opening a store in a vertical mall are more complex than any other type of retail store construction. Dock Managers – This is their house!

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HardHatChat

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

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. But Zara is from Spain and their architect is in Canada. 2. The holy trinity.

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HardHatChat

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

The same can be said for all those savvy national retailers who are currently taking advantage of the availability of prime space at regional shopping centers and decreased construction costs in order to enter high-profile markets. Retail Power Center. will say those retailers and shopping center developers are crazy like a fox.

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HardHatChat

JANUARY 17, 2023

This can result in project delays and schedule and cost overruns if you don’t have a plan in place. For Englewood and our national retail, restaurant, and hospitality clients, we’ve learned that the old mindset of the lowest competitive bid and a rigid approach to material and equipment is ineffective in times like these.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

Timing also comes into play because if a marijuana company does not complete its facility by its scheduled date, it stands to lose its state license – potentially an investment of several million dollars. Security features, for one, are a major difference between a dispensary and a ‘typical’ retail store.

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JUNE 30, 2023

Driven by pent-up demand and the need to expand and grow, our national restaurant, service retail, and hospitality clients are building again to increase revenues. But to avoid project delays and schedule and cost overruns , national brands may want to consider alternatives or performance specs to achieve the desired results.

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HardHatChat

MARCH 26, 2024

Our national retail, restaurant, hospitality, senior living, industrial, and automotive clients are very clear about what factors they look for when it comes time to award a project. At Englewood, we have extensive experience in multiple categories, including restaurants, retail, hospitality, senior housing, and cannabis.

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BD+C

APRIL 16, 2020

"Located in the Miramar Town Center at 1 Main Street, the project will include 393 high-end residential units, 28,000 square feet of ground-floor retail, and a 650-space parking garage. Construction is scheduled to begin later this year.".

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HardHatChat

MARCH 4, 2019

One of the biggest challenges for commercial construction firms today is the tighter project timelines that have become the norm at every phase of a project – from shorter deadlines for submitting initial bids and budgets, to quicker resolution on addendums and change orders, to compressed schedules for construction and delivery.

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HardHatChat

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Developers Think Outside the Big Box to Fill Retail Vacancies. Retail news got pretty negative in 2018, with major brands such as Sears and Toys R Us shuttering and leaving behind vacant stores across the country. There are a ton of ideas out there and it’s exciting to be part of the process.

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HardHatChat

DECEMBER 3, 2019

We’ve also translated our experience in working with restaurant and retail brands on national rollouts to new partnerships with major cannabis players who are expanding in multiple markets simultaneously. . In the past, RECon was pretty much dominated by retail, with just a smattering of reps from restaurant and other sectors.

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ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

This 10-story, mixed-use high-rise built on the site of the old Spinney & Caldwell Shoe Factory was completed at budget, but it fell behind schedule amid COVID-19.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JUNE 8, 2016

Retail accounts for more than $2 trillion in total GDP impact with consumer spending accounting for more than two-thirds of the U.S. The Tarpon Point Resort at Marina Village is home to a number of upscale retail shops and restaurants. By the BF Staff From the March/April 2016 Issue. Credit: City of Cape Coral). percent.

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Wolgast Corporation

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

If you qualify as a busy business owner, you’d likely benefit from the Design-Builder finding qualified subcontractors, managing the construction schedule and your budget, and starting construction quicker. And Wolgast is your biggest advocate when it comes to speed.

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DECEMBER 2, 2014

Amazon is trying to better compete with brick-and-mortar stores, which account for 90% of retail sales. Other similar efforts to compete with retail have included initiatives to speed deliveries and a recently released credit-card reader. Amazon hopes that this service will help them gain ground against retailers.

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BD+C

APRIL 15, 2020

Located in the Miramar Town Center at 1 Main Street, the project will include 393 high-end residential units, 28,000 square feet of ground-floor retail, and a 650-space parking garage. Construction is scheduled to begin later this year.

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HardHatChat

AUGUST 18, 2016

In Rio, completing commercial construction projects on schedule was a matter of national pride and having the city ready to be put on the world stage. But for our clients – including retail, restaurant, shopping center, hotel, senior housing and medical center developers – hitting a completion deadline revolves around money.

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JUNE 29, 2022

And we are making good things happen for our restaurant, hospitality, automotive, warehouse, senior living, and retail construction clients. Working the Timeline We believe the best approach to timelines is being both realistic and working the schedule backward.

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BD+C

JUNE 7, 2019

It now occupies the entire 492,000 sf of the office space and portions of ground-floor retail space of a Class A, nine-story, 567,000-sf building in the city’s West Loop. Last June, McDonald’s moved into its new global headquarters in Chicago’s Fulton Market. The interior construction was completed in just 6½ months.

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HardHatChat

AUGUST 12, 2014

Scheduling. The commercial general contractor should then try and schedule the majority of the work to be done in this timeframe, regardless of the season, and complete the restaurant construction project with as little disruption to the core business as possible. In an urban setting like Chicago, stand-alone restaurants are rare.

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

To deliver this $33-million project on an accelerated 15-month schedule, the team juggled the construction timeline to contend with some of the wettest weather in Dallas-Fort Worth history.

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HardHatChat

MAY 27, 2020

Here in Englewood Construction’s home state of Illinois, we are on track to move into Phase 3 of Governor Pritzker’s Restore Illinois plan at the end of the month, which will allow offices, manufacturing, retail and salons to reopen to the public under specific guidelines.

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HardHatChat

JULY 16, 2019

Englewood Construction is in the midst of two adaptive reuse projects right now – one a former meatpacking facility in Chicago that we’re updating for office, retail or restaurant use, and the other a former convent we’ll be converting into a senior living community. That was certainly the case with our Englewood office.

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HardHatChat

MARCH 9, 2010

When it comes to current retail and commercial construction trends , we all know there aren’t a lot of new shopping centers under construction right now, or new office buildings under construction for that matter. What’s wrong with a general contractor focused on commercial construction costs and his construction schedule?

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ENR Construction

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

mixed-use project used Lean Construction principles to help finish 10-story building eight months ahead of schedule. Cambridge, Mass.,

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Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Scheduled for a December 1, 2017 start, the mixed-use structure will fill 1.2 The grand old retail location was demolished in 1998. The Detroit Downtown Development Authority approved plans to break ground on what will be Michigan's tallest building. million square feet of space and stand about 800 feet high.

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Construction Equipment

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Scheduled for a December 1, 2017 start, the mixed-use structure will fill 1.2 The grand old retail location was demolished in 1998. The Detroit Downtown Development Authority approved plans to break ground on what will be Michigan's tallest building. million square feet of space and stand about 800 feet high.

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HardHatChat

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

After all, shopping center landlords, restaurants and retailers couldn’t afford to be closed two days in a row. If you’re involved in Chicago retail construction , or any type of commercial construction in a cold weather climate, take note of the checklist below. 3, 2011, that didn’t mean the best Chicago contractors weren’t working.

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HardHatChat

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

I’ve made the comment before that I can plug an experienced restaurant construction team into a retail or hospitality project, and pretty much assume things will go smoothly. This recognition also got me thinking about what sets a really great restaurant contractor apart from a general construction firm.

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HardHatChat

APRIL 19, 2011

In this dog-eat-dog retail world of shopping center operators and mall developers working every angle and concession to bring in new retail tenants, the last thing mall landlords need is a commercial construction general contractor who doesn’t know the rules causing headaches for everybody. If your GC schedules Monday a.m.

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