Last week we took advantage of what Minnesota has to offer in the winter and played some friendly games of boot hockey! Old guys (self proclaimed) versus young guys, and the oldies came out on top all three games!!

We are filled with gratitude as we take a look back on 2024 and the incredible year of projects Elder-Jones had the privilege of partnering on with our clients. Over 125 projects with 27 different clients in 34 different states across the U.S. We cannot wait to see what 2025 brings!

We are excited to announce that after six years of shared ownership, Shrader & Martinez Construction is now Elder-Jones! We look forward to this new era of Elder-Jones, taking the best of two legacy retail construction companies and their combined 85+ years in the retail construction industry, and joining as one. This will benefit customers…

Happy holidays from Elder-Jones, and our festive office tree! Sending gratitude and heartfelt thanks this holiday season and always. Best wishes for a prosperous 2025!

A concept the first of its kind in the U.S., Elder-Jones helped bring this vibrant new CoComelon Playdate space alive at the Mall of America! It’s a 9,000 square foot interactive, indoor playground on the mall’s third floor rotunda area, where iconic locations from the CoComelon show are brought to life. It also features a…

The Cleveland area’s newest mixed-use district, Pinecrest, is home to a beautiful new Alo Yoga store. The Elder-Jones team wrapped this space up late this fall on the ground level of the building that is home to retail, offices, a hotel, and apartments. The location of this space is in a busy part of the…

Elder-Jones does more than traditional retail spaces! We recently completed WareSpace in St. Paul, Minnesota, which is an all-inclusive commercial rental warehouse and office facility. The team retrofit an existing 88,000 square foot building to include 130 individual rental warehouse spaces, 20 office spaces, shipping and receiving areas, and new restrooms, conference rooms, and break…

The Elder-Jones office folks celebrated Halloween yesterday with a costume contest, and people showed up! So many great costumes!! But punk rocker Lisa was the big winner! Ron the viking came in second. Everyone, costumes or not, enjoyed a Chipotle lunch after the contest. We hope everyone had a happy Halloween! 

Our longtime partnership with Dick’s Sporting Goods recently expanded from Dick’s Sporting Goods and Golf Galaxy projects to include their outdoor brand, Public Lands. Their new Woodbury Lakes store in Woodbury, Minnesota, is the first in the state. This project was led by project manager Chris Bonello, assistant project manager Jake Murphy, and jobsite superintendent…