We’ve all seen the headlines about retail sales on the rise and an improving economy, so it wouldn’t surprise me to see astute shopping center developers and mall landlords taking advantage of market conditions by turning a struggling enclosed shopping mall into a successful open-air shopping center for a fraction of what it would have […]
I’m sure you’re reading this headline and thinking one of the following: A. Chuck, the construction costs on my project would soar if I don’t hire a local general contracting construction firm. B. The travel expenses alone for a non-local general contractor would inflate a retail construction bid to the point where the job isn’t […]
When it comes to best practices in shopping center development or mall construction, I have a long list of “dos” and “don’ts”. After all, that’s what happens when you work as a shopping center general contractor as well as a national retail contractor. You hear the good, bad and ugly from shopping center landlords, mall […]
I thought it would be interesting to start this blog post with a question to test your restaurant construction IQ. What’s the difference between building the back of the house of a TGI Fridays and a McCormick and Schmick’s? Nothing. That’s right, when it comes to restaurant kitchen construction, it doesn’t matter if you’re building […]
Martin and Lewis. Simon and Garfunkel. Jordan and Pippen. While each half of these duos has been an independent success, there’s no denying two is often better than one. The same can be said of the relationship between commercial general contractor and subcontractor. We GCs may think we’re the star, but we all know the […]