Circuit City is the nation's largest retailer of brand-name consumer electronics. In the 80' and 90's, the superstore concept planted the seed for explosive growth, positioning Circuit City for continued geographic expansion.

DonahueFavret Contractors has played a substantial role in this expansion, by being chosen as contractor for Louisiana and the surrounding states. Twelve locations were awarded to DFC after Circuit City was exceedingly pleased with their outstanding performance on the first store. Their stringent and demanding schedule was completed smoothly on time by DFC with skilled craftsmanship. The locations covered areas in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.

Although Circuit City Stores have similar storefronts, exterior construction and interior buildouts differed according to location needs. In Texas and several sites in Louisiana, the buildings consisted of reinforced masonry with steel frames and single ply membrane roofs. The Lafayette store consisted of a structural steel frame with bar joists and metal deck, ballasted membrane roof, reinforced masonry walls with a soil supported concrete foundation and truck well. Other locations such as New Orleans and Marrero consisted of reinforced concrete supported by over 1,000 timber piles. Many included warehouse and car stereo installation areas as well as depressed loading docks. Gulfport and Tupelo were partially inline microstores with exterior walls of metal studs and EIFS.

The interiors in Baton Rouge, Gulfport and Tupelo were high tech with Nora Tile Raceways. In Metairie, the Circuit City Express project consisted of a tenant buildout in an existing space. In Beaumont, over 100,000 linear feet of cable had to be pulled for special systems. All projects were completed successfully on time.