With major brands such as Toys R Us and Sears shuttering multiple locations, vacant big-box stores in Chicago’s suburbs offer challenges and opportunities alike for owners, developers and retailers.

Taylor Johnson pitched a byline column on this timely topic from client Englewood Construction for the Daily Herald Business Ledger’s current commercial real estate issue. View the full article here for input from Chuck Taylor, Englewood’s director of operations, on opportunities to convert and repurpose these spaces, and the special construction considerations that go along with those projects. Stay tuned to TJ TALK in the coming weeks for more client insights featured in this special edition of the Daily Herald Business Ledger.

Chuck Taylor is director of operations for Lemont, Ill.-based Englewood Construction