In fact, our tent was so nice a reporter from Crain’s Chicago Business interviewed us for “Inside a Ryder Cup hospitality tent.”. guess you could say that we did business without actually trying to do business. None of this would have been possible without their continued business and dedication to Englewood Construction. (L-R) William Di Santo, president of Englewood Construction; Dan Tessarolo, principal with Chipman Design Architecture; and Chuck Taylor, director of operations for Englewood, at the Ryder Cup in September. team, but we won’t get into that. MORE >>

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. national chain on State Street we were surprised to see two of Chicago’s largest GCs also bidding the job. Working with design-build GCs is a good resolution for 2011. 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. Don’t always take the lowest bid. Schedule a commercial construction preventive maintenance visit. Get online. Really? Take a leap of faith. MORE >>

As commercial construction news reports say business continues to pick up, we are happy to see some new faces around the office at Englewood Construction. If a lot of this business pans out, which we believe it will, we also expect to double our field staff this year. We’ve also promoted several hard-working members of our team who have helped make Englewood one of Chicago’s best general contracting firms. And his luxury hotel construction is some of the best in the business. Mike is a retail and restaurant construction expert with more than 30 years of experience. MORE >>

'Englewood completed renovations to guests rooms and the main restaurant as well as created a fitness and wellness center above the main ball room of the famed Drake Hotel in Chicago. Luxury stand-alone hotels in large urban areas, mid-market hotels geared toward business travelers and budget stay family friendly hotels have all helped boost the commercial construction industry this year. In Chicago, the summer of 2012 generated 233,000 visits to Chicago for a total of $207 million in visitor spending, according to Strategic Marketing Research, Inc. percent in 2013. MORE >>

It’s that time of year when our team predicts the 2012 commercial construction trends – from what’s on tap for Chicago retail construction to national restaurant construction and hospitality construction. Currently Savers has three Chicago-area locations, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see that number increase in 2012. Most hotel brands are building residence inns and business inns vs. their high-end flagship brands. We are not developers, so that doesn’t work with our business model. The future home of an hhgregg in Joliet, Ill. Bill Di Santo. President. Questions? MORE >>