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Reporting “Live” from the CWA Awards – A Commercial Construction Checklist for Better Networking

Anyone who knows me knows I love to talk about commercial construction trends and share the latest commercial construction news. Still, even I get a little nervous when it comes to networking events – especially if it’s an event I haven’t been to before.

So as I entered the recent Construction Writers Association awards dinner (in San Antonio) to accept Hard Hat Chat’s award for 2011 best blog, I kept the following in mind:

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Hard Hat Chat is Now an Award-Winning Commercial Construction Blog

Most of the commercial construction news we discuss in this blog involves new Chicago retail and restaurant construction projects or analyzing commercial construction trends. But every once in a while we have something special to share. I am usually not one to brag, but I am proud to announce The Construction Writers Association (CWA) has awarded Englewood Construction the 2011 Website & Electronic Communications Blog Award for Hard Hat Chat.

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Commercial Construction Tips on Dividing a Retail Box into a Multi-Tenant Space

As a shopping center landlord or retail developer, you might find yourself with a big empty retail space you need fill – especially if you had Borders or Circuit City as a tenant. Finding a single tenant to occupy all that space in today’s economy can be challenging, so the smarter and more feasible move [...]

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