SG Blocks http://www.sgblocks.com Sustainable Building Systems Mon, 20 May 2013 20:53:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Coffee Shop, Contained: Fortune 500 issue May 2013 http://www.sgblocks.com/2013/05/06/coffee-shop-contained-fortune-500-issue-may-2013/ http://www.sgblocks.com/2013/05/06/coffee-shop-contained-fortune-500-issue-may-2013/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 16:00:25 +0000 SGBlocks http://www.sgblocks.com/?p=1039 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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Read full story on MarketWatch.com HERE

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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.

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]]> http://www.sgblocks.com/2012/08/30/donald-trump-jr-named-senior-advisor-to-sg-blocks-inc/feed/ 0 AOL Real Estate: Hamptons Eco-Home Was Made Using 6 Shipping Containers (VIDEO) http://www.sgblocks.com/2012/07/27/aol-real-estate-hamptons-eco-home-was-made-using-6-shipping-containers-video/ http://www.sgblocks.com/2012/07/27/aol-real-estate-hamptons-eco-home-was-made-using-6-shipping-containers-video/#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:21:47 +0000 SGBlocks http://www.sgblocks.com/?p=791 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)

 

]]> http://www.sgblocks.com/2012/07/27/aol-real-estate-hamptons-eco-home-was-made-using-6-shipping-containers-video/feed/ 0 Built Green, or Red-White-and-Blue http://www.sgblocks.com/2012/07/03/built-green-or-red-white-and-blue/ http://www.sgblocks.com/2012/07/03/built-green-or-red-white-and-blue/#comments Tue, 03 Jul 2012 19:39:49 +0000 SGBlocks http://www.sgblocks.com/?p=786 SG Blocks, Inc. Amagansett container based home featured in the New York Times Real Estate.

Built Green, or Red-White-and-Blue

 

 

]]> http://www.sgblocks.com/2012/07/03/built-green-or-red-white-and-blue/feed/ 0 SG Blocks Lacoste Experiential Mobile Retail featured on “Addicted to Retail” http://www.sgblocks.com/2012/05/17/sg-blocks-lacoste-experiential-mobile-retail-featured-on-addicted-to-retail/ http://www.sgblocks.com/2012/05/17/sg-blocks-lacoste-experiential-mobile-retail-featured-on-addicted-to-retail/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 17:05:50 +0000 SGBlocks http://www.sgblocks.com/?p=717 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 

 

 

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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

 

 

]]> http://www.sgblocks.com/2012/05/08/mccann-enterprise-announces-strategic-partnership-with-sg-blocks-innovative-green-engineering-designbuild-firm/feed/ 0 Retired Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr., Joins SG Blocks, Inc. as a Senior Advisor http://www.sgblocks.com/2011/12/02/retired-admiral-edmund-p-giambastiani-jr-joins-sg-blocks-inc-as-a-senior-advisor/ http://www.sgblocks.com/2011/12/02/retired-admiral-edmund-p-giambastiani-jr-joins-sg-blocks-inc-as-a-senior-advisor/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:58:08 +0000 SGBlocks http://www.sgblocks.com/?p=499 Senior retired U.S. Military official sees widespread application for the SG Blocks Sustainable Building System

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]]> http://www.sgblocks.com/2011/12/02/retired-admiral-edmund-p-giambastiani-jr-joins-sg-blocks-inc-as-a-senior-advisor/feed/ 0 Life in a Shipping Container – SG Blocks featured in Fortune Magazine http://www.sgblocks.com/2011/11/10/life-in-a-shpping-container-sg-blocks-featured-in-fortune-magazine/ http://www.sgblocks.com/2011/11/10/life-in-a-shpping-container-sg-blocks-featured-in-fortune-magazine/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:41:49 +0000 SGBlocks http://www.sgblocks.com/?p=488 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.

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]]> http://www.sgblocks.com/2011/11/10/life-in-a-shpping-container-sg-blocks-featured-in-fortune-magazine/feed/ 0 SG Blocks, Inc. and CDSI Holdings Inc. Complete Merger http://www.sgblocks.com/2011/11/08/sg-blocks-inc-and-cdsi-holdings-inc-complete-merger/ http://www.sgblocks.com/2011/11/08/sg-blocks-inc-and-cdsi-holdings-inc-complete-merger/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:18:55 +0000 SGBlocks http://www.sgblocks.com/?p=480 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.

The New York Times – Business Day

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