Labor Costs, Construction Materials Prices Remain Low, but Contractors Can’t Benefit
Sep 7, 2011, By Elaine Misonzhnik, Penton Commercial Real Estate Senior Associate Editor
Retail construction remains a slow business. ...
KLNB Nabs Regional Assignment for Hurricane Grill & Wings
Sep 2, 2011, Staff Reports
KLNB's site selection assignment for a Mid-Atlantic Hurricane Grill & Wings franchise leads this week's roundup of projects and people....
Sunroad Seeks to Develop Hybrid Center near San Diego
Aug 19, 2011, Staff Reports
Sunroad Enterprises's plan to build a 500,000-square-foot community/power hybrid center leads the week's roundup of leasing deals, development news and people announcements....
Rising Cost of Construction Materials Puts Contractors in a Bind
Jun 15, 2011, By Matt Hudgins, NREI Contributing Writer
Materials costs for construction have greatly outstripped the pace of inflation, putting increased pressure on contractors already stretched for work....
2010 Top Contractors
Jul 1, 2010
Retail Contractors Expect Business to Remain Slow in 2010.
Jan 25, 2010, By Elaine Misonzhnik
The outlook for retail construction will begin to stabilize this year, but it will likely be a long road back to the volume contractors completed in the mid-2000s. ...
2009 Top Contractors
Jul 13, 2009
For the third straight year Little Rock, Ark.–based VCC topped both the shell and interior space rankings as part of our annual look at the top contractors of retail real estate...
Construction Slowdown
Feb 1, 2009
The American Institute of Architects looked at forecasts from five sources to arrive at a consensus forecast for nonresidential construction in 2009 and...
Reversals of Fortune (1/15)
Jan 15, 2009, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Materials prices are coming down, but contractors face a shortage of work...
Stop Signals
Sep 1, 2008
Construction on retail real estate projects is coming to a screeching halt at projects across the country as developers reevaluate proposed centers' economic...
