Novak Construction completes Portillo’s Restaurant in Woodbury, MN – Celebrating the Golden Milestone in the Twin Cities
July 11, 2017 | Press Release
WOODBURY, MN – Located at 8450 Hudson Road, this new 9,000 sf Portillo’s opened yesterday (Tuesday, July 11th at 10:30 a.m.) with a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by Dick Portillo and Woodbury Mayor Mary Guiliani Stephens to celebrate Portillo’s 50th location and the 1st in Minnesota.
This 2.8 acre site included protecting and preserving a wetland area, all new site utilities, asphalt paving, and full site improvements. This new Portillo’s is a CMU structure with full brick exterior, architectural steel elements and a theme that highlights a 1920s Prohibition-era that will include photos of Chicago-based gangsters, such as Al Capone and a vintage truck suspended from the ceiling. It will offer more than 200 seats, a patio that is full timber construction with a standing seam roof and double drive-through lanes. Novak’s Restaurant Division VP and Portillo’s Project Director, Dan Moriarity, noted, “We are honored to be part of this exciting golden milestone for Portillo’s.”
In addition to Moriarity, Novak Construction was represented by project team members, Superintendent Joe Kole and Project Engineer Maddie Novak.
This is Novak’s 5th successful on-time completion for Portillo’s and construction is currently underway on two other Novak Construction-Portillo’s projects: Normal, IL (August 2017) and Fishers, IN (September 2017).
About Novak Construction
Celebrating its 37th year, Novak Construction (www.novakconstruction.com), founded by John Novak in 1980, is a top tier, nationally-recognized General Contractor and Construction Management firm known for its well-rounded portfolio and many projects in the retail, industrial, corporate, institutional, healthcare, hospitality, and multi-family/mixed-use sectors. Novak Construction has consistently been named as one of Chicago’s Top General Contractors. In October 2015, Novak Construction Company was awarded AIA Chicago’s Design Excellence Award – General Contractor for its By The Hand Club for Kids project.