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Apr
30
2012

How to Decrease Commercial Construction Costs by Reusing the Right Items

Recently, our director of operations Chuck Taylor was featured in a Chicago Tribune article based on the reporter’s curiosity about a hotel peephole he kept in his office. What made this peephole so interesting was that it was salvaged from the hotel construction renovation we did of a HoJo in Chicago. More specifically it was [...]

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Jul
19
2011

Commercial Construction Checklist for Retrofitting a Shopping Center in Today’s Climate

It’s a mixed bag of commercial construction news for shopping center developement. On one hand, retail sales continue to show improvement from last year, yet the suburban shopping mall – or at least the traditional enclosed shopping mall – seems to be on the way out. So what’s a successful shopping center developer to do [...]

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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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