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In The News
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Winner, Outstanding Merit Award:
Westwood was recently recognized for our part as a key contributor to the REI store in Round Rock, TX. During the 38th Annual Association for Retail Environments (A.R.E.), the prestigious "Outstanding Merit award" was presented to REI for the category of Specialty Store over 25,000 square feet (new or remodeled). Each significant vendor also received award recognition for their key contribution to the project. We were certainly honored to have been a part of this award as well as to have been the General Contractor on this high-profile project for REI.
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Building on "The Magnificent Mile" in Chicago, again:
It is not our first assignment to build on the Magnificent Mile in the heart of Chicago and it won't be our last but, it certainly is our most recent. Billabong, the global board sports retailer headquartered out of Australia, has hired Westwood to build their first store in the greater Chicago market. This high-profile store on Michigan Avenue will feature products, apparel, and accessories for boardsports enthusiasts. The boardsports category includes surfboards, snowboards, wakeboards, and skateboards. Needless to say, this store and its offerings will be "way cool." |
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2008 Retail Store of the Year Award for Environmental Sustainability:
Westwood was provided the opportunity to build a new prototype store for REI. The Boulder, CO store was designed to meet LEED standards for commercial design and construction and to serve as a working laboratory to analyze the performance of green-building features and potential new retail concepts. In February 2008, Chain Store Age awarded REI its top honors in green-building. Westwood was proud to be the General Contractor for this extremely important, iconic project. Additionally, the store attained LEED Gold status by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Westwood now has construction experience on multiple LEED certified projects. Contact us for more specifics. |
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Serving the Hospitality Market:
Though we have renovated many hotels in the past, hospitality has been a smaller portion of our business mix over the past few years. That has changed with our formal re-entry into the marketplace. We successfully worked with Archon Group to update and renovate two Holiday Inn Express locations in Chicago and one Sheraton in California. We are scheduled to do two more major renovations for them in the fall. We are also in current discussions with Hilton Hotels. Hospitality has been- and will remain- a strategic market sector for us as retail and hospitality are synergistic in many ways. Hospitality is becoming a more significant part of our mix. |
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Top 100 Private Companies:
For the fifth year in a row, in 2008, Westwood Contractors was honored by the Fort Worth Business Press as one of the top private companies in the greater Fort Worth area. The area is one of the most populous, dynamic, and fastest growing areas in the United States. Therefore, it certainly is an honor an achievement to earn and keep this designation. |
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Bebe Flagship Store:
In 2005, Westwood was awarded the opportunity to build a 3 story flagship store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, CA for bebe. We used 2 webcams on site over the duration of the project so that bebe top management could link in and view the project real time at any time night or day. The store opening was an invitation only, Hollywood style, star-studded fashion event. We were proud to be a major player in this high-profile build project. |
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