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Commercial Construction Strategies: Adaptive Reuse for Big Box Retail

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Commercial Construction Strategies: Adaptive Reuse for Big Box Retail

Bill Di Santo Adaptive Reuse, Big Box Retail Construction, Experiential Retail 09/20/2023

When most people hear the term adaptive reuse in commercial construction, they immediately think of repurposing a historical building like an old warehouse or industrial space or a building like Chicago’s Old Post Office into something new and useful.  As a national construction contractor, the Englewood Commercial Construction team has been involved in multiple adaptive reuse […]

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Managing Commercial Construction Lead Times

Commercial Construction

Managing Commercial Construction Lead Times

Bill Di Santo Lead Times 08/09/2023

As anyone who works in the commercial construction business knows, timing is everything. Inefficient sequencing of materials and equipment can have a significant impact on both time and money. Business as usual, is out the door as the supply chain has continued to provide challenges.  For example, Roofing HVAC used to be 12-`14 weeks out […]

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Commercial Construction Strategies: Brand vs. Performance Specs

Commercial Construction

Commercial Construction Strategies: Brand vs. Performance Specs

Bill Di Santo Performance Specs, Supply Chain 06/30/2023

It looks like there may be light at the end of the commercial construction tunnel. Driven by pent-up demand and the need to expand and grow, our national restaurant, service retail, and hospitality clients are building again to increase revenues. The headwinds of supply chain disruption, higher material costs, and personnel shortages are beginning to subside. Also, while […]

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Challenges & Opportunities in Commercial Construction

Commercial Construction

Challenges & Opportunities in Commercial Construction

Bill Di Santo Adaptive Reuse, Restaurant Construction, Retail Construction, senior housing construction 04/24/2023

As a National General Contractor working across multiple verticals in the commercial construction space, we understand the challenges (COVID and Supply Chain) facing our retail, restaurant, hospitality, and senior housing clients. But we’ve also experienced a strong will to solve problems, adapt smarter ways of working, and find new opportunities. Here are just a few […]

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Englewood turned an old grocery street into our new home

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Commercial Construction Adaptive Reuse: Reimagining Space

Bill Di Santo Adaptive Reuse 03/21/2023

Adaptive Reuse in commercial construction is nothing new. For years, smart Real Estate Developers and property owners have been repurposing everything from old warehouses and industrial properties to shopping malls, hospitals, and historical buildings into creative mixed-use residential and commercial spaces. Two recent examples in Chicago are the Green Exchange and the Regal Mile Movie Studio Complex: […]

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