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Jan
18
2011

Commercial Construction Tips: Six Best Practice Resolutions for 2011

January is a great time to create a commercial construction checklist of resolutions to help improve your commercial real estate business in the coming year. I’m sure some of you don’t have the time to draft a list of resolutions, so I’ve done it for you – you can thank me later. Whether you’re looking [...]

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Oct
7
2010

Commercial Construction Building Material Costs: Buy Now or Later?

I heard a Home Depot ad on the radio recently targeted to commercial general contractors that made me pause. The spot is about the costs of commercial construction and how buying building materials in bulk can help GCs save money and bring down a construction project bid so they win the contract. On the surface, the [...]

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Aug
11
2010

Retail Construction Trends 2010 Update: Outside the Big Box

It’s time to revisit another prediction I made last year in my blog post Commercial Constructions Trends to Watch in 2010 — Outside the Big Box. According to my blog, I said in 2010 we should “Expect to see new innovation in store concepts, especially when it comes to capitalizing on vacated commercial space in [...]

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