Spreading Holiday Cheer in Our Community

Spreading Holiday Cheer in Our Community

The Crawford Merz Team came together to spread some holiday cheer this month! We had lots of fun purchasing and wrapping gifts for five children that we sponsored through Neighbor Inc.’s Holiday Gift Program. Neighbors Inc. is a local non-profit that helps provide...
Building Barkitecture for Joy Collaborative

Building Barkitecture for Joy Collaborative

​We are always looking for new ways to help our community, so when the opportunity to participate in Joy Collaborative’s Barkitecture Fundraiser came up, our team didn’t hesitate to get involved! Joy Collaborative is a partnership of designers, architects and builders...
Expanding Operations at Jayhawk Mechanical

Expanding Operations at Jayhawk Mechanical

Last week we celebrated the groundbreaking of Jayhawk Mechanical’s new building addition in Minneapolis. The family-owned business will be able to expand their operations and provide their employees with a better work environment. This project is being led by...
The Gift Hope Project

The Gift Hope Project

Crawford Merz is excited to partner with Common Hope, a nonprofit working to end generational poverty in Guatemala through education, health care, housing, and family development. This is an especially exciting time for both of our organizations as we are celebrating...
Groundbreaking Ceremony for Sure Cast

Groundbreaking Ceremony for Sure Cast

Crawford Merz broke ground at the site of Sure Cast’s new office and production facility in Blaine, MN! The groundbreaking ceremony was well attended by Blaine city officials, the MetroNorth Chamber of Commerce, and our project partners. Sure Cast’s new...
Preparing Your Property for Returning Tenants

Preparing Your Property for Returning Tenants

As companies reevaluate where they will work and how much space they need, it is important to consider ways you can improve your property to fit the needs of your tenants. Whether tenants are coming back with a hybrid work model or 100% capacity, amenities can help...
Volunteering With Urban Roots

Volunteering With Urban Roots

A group of us at Crawford Merz got our hands dirty, but this time it was in a garden rather than at a job site. We volunteered with Urban Roots, a St. Paul based non-profit whose mission is to cultivate and empower youth through nature, healthy food, and community....
Colliers International’s “Cool Office”

Colliers International’s “Cool Office”

​Crawford Merz partnered with Nelson and Colliers International to build out a new headquarters for Colliers’ Twin Cities branch. The headquarters moved from Minnetonka to the West End in St. Louis Park. Its new central location gives employees access to several...
Partnering with Loffler

Partnering with Loffler

Crawford Merz is excited to partner with Loffler Companies to convert a former Sam’s Club in St. Louis Park into the company’s new headquarters and warehouse. As the general contractor on the project, our team will be working with Gensler to renovate the...
Helping to End Hunger

Helping to End Hunger

This week, a group of us at Crawford Merz volunteered at Second Harvest Heartland in Brooklyn Park to pack emergency food boxes. We were able to assist in the non-profit’s mission to help hungry neighbors find their next meal so they can thrive at work, in the...