Commercial Real Estate Blog

Colliers International recently launched their Everyone Gives campaign, helping to facilitate donations to hundreds of charities around the world. But this campaign isn't your ordinary charitable drive. So what is it?

Everyone Gives is a global social giving campaign, which means a chance to use social media to connect people and see the viral effects of giving. It also helps you to connect your friends to your favorite charities. At Everyonegives.org, you make a small pledge to your favorite charity and then invite your friends to join you in giving to either your favorite charity, or a charity of their choice. As your friends join, you can see your one small gift, as small as five dollars, grow and multiply to quickly become $25, $100 or even thousands of dollars.

The website does not directly take donations though, so once you’ve selected your charity and made your pledge, click on “Donate” to go directly to your selected charity’s website, knowing that 100% of your donation will go directly to your chosen charity.

So far, Everyone Gives has raised over $500,000 for various charities. Have you made your contribution yet? Visit www.everyonegives.org to learn more.

Welsh Construction announced that construction has begun on Bridgepoint Business Park, a 126,000-square-foot industrial building on Concord Street and Bridgepoint Drive in South St. Paul, Minn.

Leased by Colliers International, the project has secured St. Paul-based control systems automation and panel fabrication company BW Systems, Inc. as the anchor tenant. Their new space will also be built by Welsh Construction.

The project was designed by Lampert Architects of St. Paul, Minn and has a clear height of 24 feet. The building features advanced safety technology, including an ESFR fire protection system. Owned, developed and managed by Interstate Partners, Bridgepoint Business Park is scheduled to open in July 2012. A high-resolution building elevation image of the site plan is available upon request.

Many people across the state took part in Give to the Max Day yesterday. Nearly 48,000 people volunteered and over $13.5 million donations were collected for a variety of non-profit organizations.


We would like to thank all of the Welsh employees, a total of 85, who participated in the 2011 Give Time/Receive Time company volunteer event . Hope for the City and Feed My Starving Children greatly appreciate your generosity. The amount of time and progress made in just a few hours and pooled resources is sure to make a big impact.



Donations to both organizations are always greatly appreciated! Visit http://www.fmsc.org/ or http://www.hopeforthecity.net/ for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

The newest affordable-housing building for senior citizens in Hudson is nearing completion. Heirloom Courts will offer 31 one-bedroom apartments to qualifying low-income senior households when it opens ...

Welsh Construction has been selected by Milestone AV Technologies to remodel their new headquarters at 6436 City West Parkway in Eden Prairie. Milestone recently purchased the five story building, which was formerly occupied by Dept 56.

Senior Project Manager Chris Loberg, Field Superintendent Rod Kalina and Construction Services Coordinator Jean Springer have already begun the construction process, including the demolition and infill of the approximately 4,500 SF atrium to add additional usable square footage. The project was designed by Mekus Tanager of Chicago, and they expect to achieve a LEED Silver Certification from their eco-friendly design of the 82,000 SF building. A new computer room with UPS systems and a new generator, as well as engineering and testing labs are part of the project, which is scheduled for completion early next year.

Welsh Construction would like to thank Welsh Brokers Bill Ritter, Robin Zellmer, Eric Dueholm and John Johannson for their assistance in securing this project. ype your content here...

Welsh had the opportunity to partner with NBC Universal and George to the Rescue, NBC’s version of Extreme Home Makeover. Host George Oliphant heard about the devastation caused by the tornado that hit North Minneapolis on May 22, leaving more than a half-million dollars worth of damage in its wake.


The NBC crew along with Welsh Construction, FaciliTech, Martha O’Hara Interiors, Best Buy, 3M and several other vendors (local and national), helped makeover the cafeteria at Sojourner Truth Academy.


The work was unveiled on Monday, September 19th to students, faculty and parents of STA. A 30-minute program about the project will air locally on KARE-11 TV at noon on Sunday, Oct. 16. Episodes of the show can be seen online here.

See full story posted on Finance & Commerce.com:
http://finance-commerce.com/2011/09/welsh-construction-helps-repair-school-in-north-minneapolis/

The most recent edition of All Things Real Estate, which aired last Sunday, August 7th, featured our very own Bill Wardwell, Executive Vice President, Brokerage Services and Kevin O'Neill, Senior Vice President of Colliers International | Minneapolis-St. Paul. Wardwell and O'Neill addressed, "The Big Announcement for Minneapolis-St. Paul Commercial Real Estate".  As of August 1, Welsh is in affiliation with Colliers International. To listen to the show, Click Here!

The next commercial edition of All Things Real Estate will air on Sunday, August 21st at 8 a.m. on 100.3 News Talk radio.

We are excited to announce that the Welsh brokerage and property management divisions' new affiliation with Colliers International begins today, August 1. While brokerage and property management remain locally owned and operated by Welsh, through this partnership, our longstanding history of delivering personalized services to our commercial real estate clients will not only continue - it will be enhanced significantly.


Colliers is the 2nd most recognized real estate brand and the 3rd-largest commercial real estate services company in the world with 12,500 professionals operating out of more than 512 offices in 61 countries. While there will be many visual changes ahead, these teams remain under the Welsh umbrella with current leadership and staff intact. The remainder of Welsh, including; Welsh Construction, Genesis Architecture, FaciliTech, Welsh Capital, WelshInvest and Welsh Securities are unaffected by this affiliation change.

Watch this video featuring Welsh Companies' Scott Fredericksen discussing how the IPO marketing is daunting for REITs - video courtesy of REIT.com.

ARC Welding is the process of joining two pieces of metal into one solid piece. To do this, the heat of an electric arc is concentrated on the edges of two pieces of metal to be joined. The metal melts, and while the edges are still molten, additional melted metal is added. This molten mass then cools and solidifies into one solid piece. There are numerous types of welding processes to fit just about any need.  Here are a few of the more commonly known welding processes:

• Stick Welding: A short stick of welding “filler metal” consisting of a core of bare electrode, covered by chemical or metallic materials that provide shielding of the welding arc against the surrounding air, is melted in place. This also completes the electrical circuit, thereby creating the "ARC". This is used for structural steel and frame supports.

• MIG Welding: Like a stick electrode, MIG wire completes the electrical circuit creating the arc, but it is continually fed through a welding gun from a spool or drum. MIG wire is a solid, non-coated wire and receives shielding from a mixture of gases.  Metal is deposited only when the wire actually touches the work piece. MIG Welding is used for light gauge steel such as handrails, door frames, cabinets, etc.

• TIG Welding: A less intense current produces a finer, more aesthetically pleasing weld appearance. A tungsten electrode is used to carry the arc to the work piece. Filler metals are sometimes supplied with a separate electrode. Gas is used for shielding. This is a more artistic and precise process used with stainless steel and aluminum.