General Contractor Completes MOA Peeps & Company Store
Peeps & Company opens it’s first Minnesota location at the Mall of America. Click link below to read the MOA blog!
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PEEPS & COMPANY® to Open at Mall of America
General Contractor: Retail Construction Services, Inc., Lake Elmo, MN
PRNewswire/ — PEEPS & COMPANY®, the retail arm of Just Born, Inc., maker of PEEPS®, MIKE AND IKE®, HOT TAMALES®, TEENEE BEANEE® and GOLDENBERG’S PEANUT CHEWS® brand candies has signed a long-term lease with the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. Its 2500 square foot store will open in late 2011. This announcement comes on the heels of the first PEEPS & COMPANY® retail store that opened at National Harbor, MD, in 2009 and its online store, peepsandcompany.com which launched in the Spring of 2011.
David Yale, President and Chief Operating Officer of Just Born, commented, “Our Mall of America store represents an exciting step in the strategic development of our PEEPS & COMPANY® retail brand. We have much reason for optimism as our first store at National Harbor has had a strong first two years, despite the continued, challenging economic environment. At Mall of America, our popular location within the complex, combined with our eye-catching store design and appealing products will make PEEPS & COMPANY® an absolute consumer destination.”
PEEPS & COMPANY® is a fun, energy filled retail experience appealing to all five senses. Shoppers of all ages will be entertained by captivating music, lights, interactive displays, and videos featuring historic and present day elements of all their favorite Just Born brands. In addition to great tasting candy, PEEPS & COMPANY® offers an array of high-quality branded items such as apparel, accessories and gifts.
The Mall of America is located in Bloomington, Minnesota - only 15 minutes from downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul. As one of the most visited tourist destinations in the world, Mall of America features more than 520 stores, 50 restaurants and attractions galore. PEEPS & COMPANY® expects the Mall of America to be a perfect fit for the brand, and a strong addition to its expanding retail business.
Just Born, Inc. is a privately owned company founded in 1923 and headquartered in Bethlehem, PA, where it manufactures PEEPS®, HOT TAMALES®, MIKE AND IKE®, MIKE AND IKE® ZOURS® and TEENEE BEANEE® Brand Candies. GOLDENBERG’S PEANUT CHEWS® brand candies are produced in Philadelphia, PA. All Just Born candies are made in the U.S.A.
Visit www.peepsandcompany.com, www.marshmallowpeeps.com, www.hottamales.com, www.mikeandike.com or www.peanutchews.com for more information.
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LEED Toyota Dealership Completed
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Jerry Jasinski, who along with Kevin Randall owns the Toyota dealership and Rapid Chevrolet, said concern for the environment is “in the genes” of the company, which now has a range of hybrid vehicles and is working on an electric version of its RAV4 sport utility vehicle.
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Construction Waste Initiative
On a national scale, total building-related construction and demolition (C&D) waste is estimated to be well over +135.5 million tons — a figure that represents, at 30 percent, the largest single source in the national waste stream. The numbers are staggering. Also, consider the decomposition periods;
Selected Decomposition Periods
- 2” minus fines are used for cover in a landfill as opposed to virgin soil.
- Concrete is crushed in a recycled class 5 mix used in roads and parking lots.
- Metal ferrous and non-ferrous is used in a variety of things.
- The steel is typically used for rebar and copper wire and pipe and aluminum is sent to smelters for various uses.
- Cardboard is used to make new cardboard.
- Wood goes to a biomass burner but can also be used for composite decking, mulch and animal bedding.
- Shingles are used in asphalt mixes up to 10% of the mix for roads, driveways and parking lots.
- New gypsum drops are used for soil amendments and animal bedding.
- Carpet if fiber 6 has been used to make dashboards and islands for wetland and in some case new carpet
National General Contractor, Retail Construction Services, Inc., Expands it’s LEED Building Operations
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Retail Construction Services (RCS), a leading and award winning national general contractor, has been expanding its LEED building capacity this year. Founded in 1984, RCS has built over 8,200 major projects, and over a combined 23,000 store refreshes, retrofits other Facilities Management work in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Canada representing over $1.1 Billion in company revenue.
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General Contractor Wins Local Award
General Contractor Receives 2010 Best of Lake Elmo Award
U.S. Commerce Association’s Award Plaque Honors the Achievement
NEW YORK, NY, July 4, 2010 — Retail Construction Service has been selected for the 2010 Best of Lake Elmo Award in the Commercial New Construction category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA).
The USCA “Best of Local Business” Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.
Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2010 USCA Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USCA and data provided by third parties.
About U.S. Commerce Association (USCA)
U.S. Commerce Association (USCA) is a New York City based organization funded by local businesses operating in towns, large and small, across America. The purpose of USCA is to promote local business through public relations, marketing and advertising.
The USCA was established to recognize the best of local businesses in their community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations, chambers of commerce and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to be an advocate for small and medium size businesses and business entrepreneurs across America.
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General Contractor RCS on Social Picks Radar
Retail Construction Services (RCS), a leading and award winning national general contractor, has been expanding its LEED building capacity this year. Founded in 1984, RCS has built over 8,200 major projects, and over 23,000 store refreshes, retrofits other Facilities Management work in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and Canada representing over $1.1 Billion in company revenue.
Retail Construction Services shares the concern with its customers with regard to the impact of their work on the communities and the environment. As members of the USGBC, the company completed their first LEED certified project in 2006. Two of the more recent projects this year are; The University Center for the Black Hills State University, which is designed for silver certification and hoping to qualify as gold, as well as a Toyota dealership in South Dakota’s Black Hills that is designed for gold certification. “
Retail Construction begins work on Black Hills Toyota Dealership
Dealerships buy land with I-90 views
Construction workers at Tish Boulevard and Mall Drive in Rapid City on Thursday, June 24, 2010. Toyota of Black Hills is building a new dealership building at the Northwest corner of Tish Boulevard and East Mall Drive. (Aaron Rosenblatt/Journal staff)
The owners of the Toyota of the Black Hills and McKie Automotive Group dealerships have bought land across the street from one another at East Mall Drive and Tish Boulevard, across Interstate 90 from Target at the East North Street exit. Work is under way there now on a new Toyota dealership building on 17 acres on the northwest corner of the intersection. Click here for full story.
May 27, 2010 2:46 PM CDT
Recession slows new building, but renovations a bright spot for construction contractors
by Scott Carlson Staff Writer
 Photo Bill Klotz |
While the Great Recession has taken a big toll on new store building, retail-renovation work is helping keep construction contractors employed. Construction startups for new stores in the United States declined about 50 percent in 2009 compared with the prior year, according to data from at McGraw-Hill Construction. But store-renovation work, as measured in dollars spent, fell only 5 percent during the same year-over-year period, said Robert Murray, McGraw-Hill vice president of economic affairs.Renovation “has held up relatively well,” Murray said in an interview this week, following a recent presentation in Bloomington.
Locally, that same trend has continued into 2010, with some construction firms reporting an increase in store renovations or “refresh” projects.
At Lake Elmo-based Retail Construction Services, a top-level executive said her firm has seen an upswing in remodeling and so-called “refresh” projects, in which retailers make smaller changes — from sprucing up the store front to changing interior fixtures — that help give a store a new look and draw customer traffic.
Joni Fletty, the vice president of operations at Retail Construction Services, said that some renovation work includes “green” projects as retailers endeavor to make their stores more energy efficient, including installing new lighting She said refresh projects generally run between $50,000 to $150,000; bigger remodeling or renovation projects can range from $250,000 up to $1 million.
Fletty and Stan Pohmer, a Twin Cities retail consultant, said some of the retail renovation work is being driven by the economy. That’s particularly true where retailers have bought up stores from companies that have gone out of business and need to re-brand the acquired properties.
But Pohmer also noted that several big-chain retailers began pumping up remodeling and renovation work even before the start of the recession.
“The strategy of most chain retailers is that they are trying to generate more mature store growth,” he said. “If they go for renovation, they can get a faster return on their investment.”
Pohmer added that as the retailers undertake remodeling, they are often introducing new merchandising strategies.
One example is Target Corp. The Minneapolis-based retailer plans to spend about $1 billion on new stores and remodeling this year, said company spokesman Kyle Thompson. This year, the company is building about 10 new stores, but it is remodeling 340 existing stores.
Thompson said much of Target’s remodeling has to do with the rollout of its “F Fresh’’ concept, the retailer’s expanded floor space for grocery offerings including pre-packaged meats, frozen fruits and vegetables and dairy products. Target’s remodeling program also is touching its home and beauty departments, he said.
Meanwhile, Target’s major rival, Arkansas-based Wal-Mart, also has undertaken a big renovation program across its massive chain. That work has included changing the look of its stores, expanding consumer electronics departments and widening aisles, Pohmer said.
Wal-Mart is “cleaning up the merchandising and upgrading the appearance of the stores,” he said.