5 Tips for Rehabilitating a Historic Commercial Building

In many cities across the country, revitalization efforts are underway to improve city infrastructures. Local businesses have become an integral part of this, investing in the community through the rehabilitation of historic commercial buildings. While the benefits of restoring these older buildings are seemingly endless (restoring rundown neighborhoods, tax benefits, and cultural appreciation, just to… Read more »

Texas A&M International Dedicates New Academic Innovation Center

Just in time for the school’s 50th anniversary, Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) in Laredo hosted a dedication ceremony for its state-of-the-art Academic Innovation Center (AIC) in late August, 2019. The innovation center, which has been under construction since 2016 under the guidance of Bartlett Cocke General Contractors, is home to new 21 educational labs… Read more »

Georgia Bureau of Investigations Opens New, State-of-the-Art Crime Lab

Law enforcement agencies in Georgia’s Coast Plains region will spend less time waiting for forensic testing results, thanks to a new crime laboratory operated by the Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI) that recently opened in the city of Pooler. The 64,000-square-foot facility will replace an existing lab in nearby Savannah that is more than 30… Read more »

The New Terminal at SLC International Airport is Taking Shape

The Salt Lake City International Airport is currently undergoing a massive redevelopment effort that airport officials are calling “The New SLC.” The airport has significantly outgrown its current facilities, which were designed in the 1960s to accommodate less than half of the 26 million passengers it now serves each year. Today, it’s the 23rd busiest… Read more »

Parq Vancouver Offers Luxury Hotels, Casinos and More

Downtown Vancouver is the new home of an “international entertainment destination” that constitutes one of the largest construction projects the city has seen in decades. Located next to the BC Place Stadium, Parq Vancouver is a sprawling urban resort that includes two luxury hotels with more than 500 rooms, a casino with 600 slot machines… Read more »

University of Kansas Health Opens New Inpatient Care Tower

The largest hospital in Kansas City just got bigger thanks to a $360 million expansion that was completed in late 2017. Cambridge Tower A is a cutting-edge inpatient care facility that adds 92 beds and 11 operating rooms to the University of Kansas Health System. The 11-story tower also allows the hospital’s entire oncology department… Read more »

181 Fremont Is the Tallest Residential Building on the West Coast

After four years of construction, San Francisco’s newest mixed-use skyscraper has officially earned the distinction of being the tallest residential building west of the Mississippi River. It’s also home to some of the most luxurious condominiums in the country, with unit prices starting at around $3 million. Designer Orlando Diaz-Azcuy spared no expense in the… Read more »

Viceroy Opens a New Luxury Hotel in Chicago

Based in Los Angeles, the Viceroy Hotel Group operates more than a dozen hotels throughout North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Now, the company has added yet another hotel to its portfolio in Chicago’s Gold Coast Historic District. The Viceroy Chicago is a 180-room hotel with a whimsical atmosphere designed to “surprise and… Read more »

Lodge Kohler Brings Luxury Accommodations to Lambeau Field

Thanks to Kohler Co., one of Wisconsin’s oldest and most successful businesses, Packers fans can now spend the night in an upscale hotel next time they see their team play at Lambeau Field. Located just west of the stadium in the Titletown District, Lodge Kohler is a new 144-room hotel that opened in July of… Read more »

VCU Opens a New Hospital in South Hill, Virginia

Thanks to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), residents of Mecklenburg, Lunenburg and Brunswick Counties in southern Virginia now have access to a new state-of-the-art medical facility. Located in South Hill—about 80 miles southwest of VCU’s main campus in Richmond—the Health Community Memorial Hospital hosted its grand opening in October. Prior to its official open date on… Read more »