TJ TALK – GCs Keep Project Pipelines Full Despite Supply Chain Challenges

September 17, 2021

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GCs Keep Project Pipelines Full Despite Supply Chain Challenges

Heartland Real Estate Business

From the heart of Chicago to suburban downtowns, project completions carried on this year thanks to the resourcefulness and adaptability of general contractors like James McHugh Construction Co., whose projects include the St. Regis Chicago (left), and Kinzie Builders, the GC for 10 N. Main in Mount Prospect, Ill.

When Heartland Real Estate Business needed sources for its mid-year general contractor update, we knew Taylor Johnson clients Kinzie Builders and James McHugh Construction Co . would provide excellent insight on a year that has been filled with great opportunities, but also tricky supply-side challenges. With Kinzie’s recent completion of multifamily transit-oriented developments in the suburbs and McHugh wrapping up work on high-profile projects like the Sable Hotel at Navy Pier and St. Regis Chicago, each was able to speak to the lingering impacts of COVID-19 as well as what’s ahead for construction in 2022. Read more in the magazine’s August issue.

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