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Challenges Repurposing 20th-Century Buildings into Residential Spaces
As cities across our nation desperately seek affordable housing solutions, repurposing abandoned 20th-Century buildings has become a hot topic among city planners, architects, real estate investors,...
Preserving Legacy Knowledge: CCI’s Lessons Learned Database
Across America, employers are noticing and bemoaning the fact that, as Boomers retire, they are taking decades of knowledge and real-world experience with them. While this historical knowledge fact...
Repurposing Office Spaces – The New Affordable Housing Trend for American Downtowns?
Nationwide, office spaces sit vacant. Some of these vacancies are tied to the trend of employers permitting hybrid and remote work. Other vacant offices are the result of tenants moving to more...
Tradeswomen in Construction Roundtable
Colarelli Construction recently hosted a roundtable luncheon for tradeswomen in construction, to hear from women in our industry and learn from their experiences on jobsites. Our vibrant...
Wendy’s Village – Another Affordable Housing Project with Colarelli Construction
“Affordable housing” is an issue of concern not only in Colorado Springs, but also across America. And it is a topic being discussed widely: within the highest levels of government, within working...
Could Condominiums Be One Solution to Colorado’s Affordable Housing Problem?
Between 2007 and 2022, the number of condominium developers in Colorado dropped by 84%. The primary reason for that 15-year decline: condo-owner lawsuits against builders and architects. These...
CCI’s 2025 Initiative: Women in Construction
Our organizations are suffering from a labor shortage. While the number of open, unfilled positions in the construction industry can vary by season, overall U.S. construction faces a staggering...