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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.

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How to Win the Olympics of International Retail Construction

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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.

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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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The Commercial Construction Checklist to Successful International Retail Projects. Bon Chance!

HardHatChat

Marcello’s Market and Deli from Canada is the latest international retailer to work with Englewood Construction. Lately, we seem to be working on more and more new retail construction projects from international retailers. retailers want. Time zones. If you haven’t used Skype before, check it out.

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

HardHatChat

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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How to design for adaptive reuse: Don’t reinvent the wheel

BD+C

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. Take a multidiscipline approach.

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Warning: Adding on to Your Building May Not Be Possible

Wolgast Corporation

Setbacks & Zoning Each municipality is different in their requirements and the type of business, whether it’s a commercial office, retail or a manufacturing company can make a difference to setback and zoning provisions. Please share with us any questions you may have about expanding your building.

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