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Coffee Shop, Contained: Fortune 500 issue May 2013
Fortune 500 issue May 2013 – SG Blocks noted as a partner in Starbucks’ new container based drive-through store initiative.
A blend of drive-throughs and drive-through/walk-up hybrids, Starbucks will use a tiny footprint to enter high-traffic locations previously out of reach. Starbucks’ long-term goal is to create store modules that its designers can select based on the location, including the appropriate add-ons (bathroom, patio etc.). Once constructed and delivered, the container-turned-drive through can be operating in about a week. All are being built to LEED certification. Some 60% of all new U.S. stores that Starbucks has planned for the next five years will be drive-throughs. Starbucks’ chief creative officer envisions hundreds of those being from containers.
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SG Blocks, Inc. Announces Capital Raise of $1 Million
Completed Sale of $1,120,000 in 8% Original Issue Discount Senior Secured Convertible Debentures
Donald Trump Jr. Named Senior Advisor to SG Blocks, Inc.
Thu Aug 30, 2012 1:35pm EDT
NEW YORK, N.Y., Aug. 30, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via PRWEB – SG Blocks Inc. (OTCBB:SGBX) today announced the naming of Donald Trump Jr., Executive Vice President at The Trump Organization, as a Senior Advisor. Donald Jr. brings his extensive real estate development experience and know-how to the SG Blocks advanced platform.
AOL Real Estate: Hamptons Eco-Home Was Made Using 6 Shipping Containers (VIDEO)
The SG Blocks, Inc. Hamptons container home has recently been featured on the front page of the AOL Real Estate section.
Hamptons Eco-Home Was Made Using 6 Shipping Containers (VIDEO)
Built Green, or Red-White-and-Blue
SG Blocks, Inc. Amagansett container based home featured in the New York Times Real Estate.
Built Green, or Red-White-and-Blue
SG Blocks Lacoste Experiential Mobile Retail featured on “Addicted to Retail”
LACOSTE’s dynamic and energetic sub-brand, LACOSTE L!VE evokes a spirit that challenges the traditional retail experience. Partnering with the LACOSTE team and SG Blocks, a mobile retail solution was conceived, built from a repurposed shipping containing, that takes the L!VE experience out of stores and on the road to your favorite summer spots.
Lacoste L!VE Pop-Up Shop – Coachella Music Festival
McCann Enterprise Announces Strategic Partnership with SG Blocks
McCann Enterprise, part of McCann Worldwide (IPG: NYSE) and SG Blocks, Inc. (SGBX: OTCBB) today announced a strategic partnership to jointly implement a sales, product design, and brand enhancement platform for current and prospective clients of both entities.
The companies will work together to develop and market individually tailored building solutions including but not limited to mobile and temporary retail construction, permanent store construction, event related structures, and product showcasing.
McCann Enterprise Announces Strategic Partnership with SG Blocks
Retired Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr., Joins SG Blocks, Inc. as a Senior Advisor
Senior retired U.S. Military official sees widespread application for the SG Blocks Sustainable Building System
Life in a Shipping Container – SG Blocks featured in Fortune Magazine
November 10, 2011 – SG Blocks, Inc. featured in Fortune Magazine on CNNMoney.com.
It may be the ultimate recycling project: taking retired shipping containers and repurposing them as buildings. SG Blocks thinks it can make the proposition into big business.
SG Blocks, Inc. and CDSI Holdings Inc. Complete Merger
SG Blocks, Inc. Becomes a Publicly Traded Company
Nov. 4, 2011– SG Blocks, Inc. announced today that it completed the previously announced merger with CDSI Merger Sub, Inc. See the complete story via the link below.
