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The Retailers Have Spoken: ICSC 2023 Recap
If today’s retailers were given a wish list for their real estate and construction requirements, it would heavily resemble the thoughts shared from Bill Castagna of Five Below, Amro Fadel of Burlington Stores and Eric Suissa of Starbucks during the “Retailer...
Investing in the industrial sector: yay or nay?
Yesterday Bisnow hosted the Philadelphia Industrial Logistics Update and the discussions were extremely telling. The panel on key considerations for maximizing returns sparked some major thought bubbles across the room. Value creation in the sector was at the...
2023 and Specialty service-oriented retail growth
The Mid-Atlantic US’ commercial construction activity of 2023 seems to be lively for those involved in specialty, service-oriented retail such as Old Forge. Previous years have brought us a wide range of commercial project type builds, but this year’s top categories...
Find Peace of Mind with WIP Reporting
This week I listened in on a webinar from Deltek ComputerEase expert, John Meibers, covering the Work in Progress (WIP) report. You may be wondering “what is this document and how does it factor into construction accounting?” Whether you’re an industry vet or new to...
AMFP Event Wrap-Up: Is Prefab in Healthcare Worth It?
AMFP Event Wrap-Up: Is Prefab in Healthcare Worth It? Last week I was able to attend a panel discussion event hosted by AMFP Greater Philadelphia, the Association of Medical Facilities Professionals. The session drew in all different players in the construction...
Technology Transforming Development Projects
Working with a GC focused on optimizing the often-complex construction process, I have always been interested in how technology is changing the development space. This week, I attended a webinar series from NAIOP featuring a Gensler executive expanding on some of...
Healthcare Facilities Management – Planning Takes the Cake
Tuesday I attended the Healthcare Facility Managers Association of Delaware Valley’s Fall Conference to better understand the medical spaces Old Forge has grown to support and the regulatory requirements they must continue to meet for patient safety. The day was so...
The Learning Built Environment: Personalized Design Improving Education at Any Age
When you think back on learning to walk or ride a bike, these lessons weren’t best understood through discussion—rather trial and error. This is top of mind as architectural professionals assemble plans for state-of-the-art educational facilities. Is there more of a...
Inflation MythBusters
It seems like everywhere you turn sources are buzzing about the current state of the construction market and what the future holds. Projections of commodity cost increases provide an unstable perspective. The reality is that the construction industry has made a...