Retail Construction Services (RCS) has recently commenced construction on two H&M stores; one in Orlando, FL and the other in Edina, MN. These will be the ninth and tenth stores RCS has built for H&M respectively. RCS looks forward to continuing our successful relationship with H&M and helping them grow throughout North America.
Below is an article from today’s Mpls/St Paul Business Journal regarding the new H&M location at the Southdale mall in Edina, MN. Click here for the link to the original article.
Monday, June 29, 2009, 4:53pm CDT
H&M coming to Southdale
Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal - by Chris Newmarker Staff Writer
The hip, Swedish clothing chain H&M will open its third Twin Cities store in Edina’s Southdale Center.Southdale owner Simon Property Group Inc. (NYSE: SPG) said Monday that a 20,000-square-foot H&M store will open there this fall.“We’re thrilled that H&M is coming to Southdale and their arrival will certainly enhance our merchandise mix,” said Anne-Marie Cookson, director of marketing and business development at Southdale.
Simon isn’t disclosing the financial terms of the deal.
H&M sells fashion-plate clothing at low prices, aiming at younger customers and teaming with designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and Jimmy Choo (who will introduce a shoe line at H&M in November).
The approach has enabled it to weather the recession fairly well. Its second-quarter profit was $531 million, up 6 percent from the year-ago period.H&M already has two Twin Cities stores, one in Woodbury and one at the Mall of America in Bloomington.
The Southdale store will be a two-level location in the mall’s center court area.The bottom level used to be occupied by Crate & Barrel, which moved out of the mall last year, and the upper level was a Jacuzzi store that recently moved up to Southdale’s third floor.Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M) was founded in Sweden in 1947, and now has about 1,800 stores in 34 countries.
Posted under General Contractor by MMcMillan 30.06.2009
June 3, 2009: Retail Construction Services (RCS) considers safety to be of the highest priority. As a result of our dedication to providing a safe work place for our employees and subcontractors, RCS was recently awarded two elite and prestigious safety awards by the National Safety Council and the Minnesota Safety Council.
Janet Froetscher, President & CEO of The National Safety Council, presented Retail Construction Services with the Million Work Hours Award for operating 2,037,255 employee hours without occupational injury or illness involving days away from work 9/28/1999 – 12/31/2008.
Minnesota Governor Tim Palenty and the Minnesota Saftey Council presented Retail Construction Services with the Outstanding Achievement Award in recognition of excellence in injury prevention performance in occupational safety for 2008
Posted under General Contractor by MMcMillan 03.06.2009
Retail Construction Services Partners With Luxury European Retailer To Open First Store In Chicago, USA
May 27, 2009, Lake Elmo, MN
Retail Construction Services (RCS), the nations leading Retail General Contractor, recently partnered with Washington D.C. based IK Retail Group and completed a new Piazza Sempione store in the affluent Gold Coast neighborhood on East Oak Street in Chicago, IL. This 2,000 square foot store is the third retail boutique in the U.S. and the sixth in the world for the upscale Milan retailer, which is owned by the private-equity arm of luxury goods company LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton. In addition to building several other high end retail stores throughout North America for other high end luxury apparel clients, Retail Construction Services is proud to continue a tradition of partnering with European retailers entering the U.S. retail marketplace.
About Retail Construction Services:
Since 1984, Retail Construction Services, the nations leading Retail General Contractor, has completed over 8000 projects throughout North America including, retail stores, restaurants, financial facilities and clubhouses. Retail Construction Services maintains and is actively licensed in al 50 States, Canada, USVI and Puerto Rico and has strong relationships with thousands of qualified and screened subcontractors throughout North America. The company averages 30-90 projects under construction at any one time, ranging from 3-60 weeks in duration and employs professional and highly experienced Project Managers and Field Superintendents located strategically throughout the United States and North America. For more information on Retail Construction Services’ capabilities, please visit www.retailconstruction.com. Phone: 651.704.9000, email: info@retailconstruction.com.
Posted under General Contractor by MMcMillan 27.05.2009
May 26, 2009 (Lake Elmo, MN)
Retail Construction Services (RCS), the nations leading Retail General Contractor, recently completed their first retail project in St John’s, Newfoundland, a remodel of an existing 5,000 square foot Eddie Bauer store at the Avalon Mall. Retail Construction Services has completed several other retail projects within Canada in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario; however, this latest project for Eddie Bauer marks the first time that Retail Construction Services has completed a project in the province of Newfoundland. Retail Construction Services has completed numerous other Eddie Bauer retail stores, but this is the first time the company has worked with Eddie Bauer outside the United States.
ABOUT RETAIL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
Since 1984, Retail Construction Services, the nations leading Retail General Contractor, has completed over 8000 projects throughout North America including, retail stores, restaurants, financial facilities and clubhouses. Retail Construction Services maintains and is actively licensed in al 50 States, Canada, USVI and Puerto Rico and has strong relationships with thousands of qualified and screened subcontractors throughout North America. The company averages 30-90 projects under construction at any one time, ranging from 3-60 weeks in duration and employs professional and highly experienced Project Managers and Field Superintendents located strategically throughout the United States and North America. For more information on Retail Construction Services’ capabilities, please visit www.retailconstruction.com. Phone: 651.704.9000, email: info@retailconstruction.com.
Posted under General Contractor by MMcMillan 26.05.2009
At Retail Construction Services we have made every effort to keep ahead of the ever changing demand in the commercial building market. The last big change came with the wireless phenomenon. Our superintendents were some of the first to have wireless cards and laptops. Today this is an industry standard, but we stayed ahead of the curve by issuing wireless cards to our superintendents before it was requested by our customers. What is the next big change to affect our industry?
Green buildings have been around for several years, but this type of construction has not yet played a pivotal role in the commercial interiors industry. But as society views on the environment continue to change, the retailers can not be far behind. At Retail Construction Services we believe that the changes happening tomorrow will not only be required by our customers but they will come as a bigger responsibility to our society.
Retail Construction Services is a member of the USGBC and in 2006 completed our first LEED Project. More recently we have a LEED® AP Certified staff member in-house. This value added service allows Retail Construction Services to stay at the forefront of green building techniques and offer that expertise to our clients. How does having a LEED® AP in-house help the client and Retail Construction Services?
The LEED accreditation program talks much about the team. This team consists of the owner, architect, engineers, contractor and sub-contractor. By having a LEED® AP in-house, we can better communicate the LEED requirements to the subs and to our superintendent. The LEED process must include all personnel on site. For example, the paints and chemicals used today can affect the air samples taken at the end of project. In order to certify a LEED project several different submittals and calculations are need throughout the project. Many of these items must come from the contractor. The general contractor must also plan ahead so that waste can be diverted and recycled. The general contractor must develop and implement an indoor air quality management plan.
By having a LEED® AP in-house Retail Construction Services hopes to stay at the forefront of these issues and the commercial construction industry. RCS shares a concern with our customers with regard to the impact of our work on our communities and environment. We believe that the construction of environmentally sound, healthy, durable green buildings offers one of the most significant solutions to the threats of global warming and resource depletion. To this end we continue to seek partners interested in advancing the technologies and practices that reduce our impact on the environment, while supporting sustainable communities and economies.
Posted under General Contractor by Editor 14.05.2009
Posted under General Contractor by Editor 12.02.2009
(Valley Forge, Pa.) – Lake Presidential Golf Club, a new championship golf course, sits on 1,200 acres of rolling, wooded land, interspersed with streams and a 30-acre lake, within BeechTree, a planned residential community in Upper Marlboro, Md. Such picturesque surroundings demand equally impressive clubhouse…. hired general contractor Retail Construction Services, Inc., based in Lake Elmo, Minn., to build the clubhouse… For full article, click on link:
http://www.ctpressroom.com/documents/ROOFING/CT_LakePresGolf-FINAL.doc
Posted under General Contractor by Editor 21.01.2009
The earth has been moving for months at the golf course formerly known as TPC at Avenel, the site of all those Kemper Opens and Booz Allen Classics since the PGA Tour opened the facility in 1986….
For full article by Leonard Shapiro, Washington Post Staff Writer dated Tuesday, May 27, 2008, go to:
Click here to read the article
Posted under General Contractor by Editor 20.01.2009
The construction process in today’s retail environment is a lengthy exercise in uniting several disparate groups in the common goal of completing your commercial construction project. The management of this process, and the organizational factions involved, is key to a successful building program. Our knowledge, experience, and expertise in this fast paced and chaotic environment, combined with our passion for performance and the environment, makes us THE Retail Contractor.
RCS shares a concern with our customers with regard to the impact of our work on our communities and environment. We believe that the construction of environmentally sound, healthy, durable green buildings offers one of the most significant solutions to the threats of global warming and resource depletion. To this end we continue to seek partners interested in advancing the technologies and practices that reduce our impact on the environment, while supporting sustainable communities and economies.
For years Retail Construction Services has been an industry leader in partnering with national chain retailers. Most companies who are still going strong after 24 years have had to sacrifice some of their spirit to become a better business. Retail Construction has the success - and it still has the spirit.
Posted under General Contractor by Editor 18.01.2009
In March of 2008, General Contractor, Retail Construction Services, Inc. was asked to take on the task of re-locating a 2,800 sq. ft. “Warehouse Skate Park” for a Stillwater area Non-Profit group. (Youth Service Bureau) One of the owners, Gim Middleton accepted the challenge. Our RCS office volunteers soon discovered that this was no small project and would require several hours of labor and lots of # 2 square drive drill tips! A total of 15 skate ramps ranging in size from 6’w X 10’l X 3’h to 18’w X 35’l X 2’h would need to be disassembled, labeled for re-assembly, loaded into semi trailers, stored for three months, then relocated to another site for re-assembly.
The Retail Construction office volunteers consist of: Murray Silverberg- Assistant Project Manager; Jerry Carstensen - Assistant Project Manager; Dan Braun - Project Manager; Jim Ashbach - Assistant Project Manager; Barry Urbas - Assistant Project Manager, Joel Petersen -Capital Improvements Project Manager, and Owner / V.P. Gim Middleton A.K.A. “Chief Forklift Operator”.
The Retail Construction volunteers started the labor intensive project on March 19th 2008. These employees have been working at the park in their spare time, in-between bid due dates and over lunch periods for the past three months. Final approval of the park should be complete by the middle of July. To date RCS has logged 93.5 hours of volunteer labor on the project and anticipate another 10 hours to complete the project. Hopefully there will be a lot of happy skaters once the project is complete.
Thank you to everyone for your hard work on this project. Please watch for a future posting with a final update and final photographs.
- Dan Braun, RCS Project Manager
General Contractor PM - Retail Construction Service, Inc.
Below are newspaper articles relative to the skate part:
12-28-07 Article
02-18-08 Article
02-19-08 Article
05-07-09 Page 1 Article
05-07-08 Page 2 Article
Posted under General Contractor by Editor 16.01.2009
