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Commercial Construction Strategies: Adaptive Reuse for Big Box Retail

HardHatChat

With a number of traditional retailers closing locations or going out of business, they are leaving millions of square feet behind for redevelopment. Our first experience with this was turning an old Kmart into a mixed-use retail development. This adaptive reuse trend is now extending to abandoned big-box buildings.

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Entering Retail Space as a Non-Retailer

Wolgast Corporation

(Updated 2/20/23) Retail real estate has shrunk over the past three years according to CBRE’s report “ US Real Estate Market Outlook 2023 ”. With less retail construction happening, there is less opportunity for businesses to move into this type of space.

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Cannabis Retail Construction: How to Navigate the Green Rush

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Between 2018 and 2022, Englewood’s national construction work in the cannabis retail industry grew by 100% and we expect that trajectory to continue as more states legalize recreational marijuana use and cannabis firms expand into new markets. That has been true.

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Should retail developers avoid high crime areas?

BD+C

Should retail developers avoid high crime areas? 0 dbarista Wed, 11/15/2023 - 11:20 Retail Centers For retailers resolute to operating in high crime areas, design elements exist to mitigate losses and potentially deter criminal behavior. Organized retail crime is perhaps one of retailers’ most significant concerns.

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Viva Las Vegas: CRE and Retail Construction Insights and Trends from ICSC RECon

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Earlier this month, the Englewood team headed to Las Vegas for RECon , the global retail real estate convention hosted annually by the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). Big Discussion Around Repositioning Vacant Retail Space. The Online Effect.

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Ikea invests $2.2B to fuel US growth

Construction Dive

The investment, which is the retailer’s largest in the past four decades, will be used to open locations and strengthen its fulfillment network.

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Opportunities Abound with International Retailers…for the Right Contractor

HardHatChat

International retailers are eyeing the U.S. Englewood Construction has done work for numerous international retailers in the last few years, including Marcello’s Delicatessen, a Canadian-based fast-casual dining option. The holidays are upon us and the gift-giving season is here. It’s that time of year again. But I digress….

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