Dwight D. Dunton III, founder and CEO of Bonaventure Holdings, drove up to one of his company's construction sites in the fall. "The buildings all looked like giant checker boards: some siding here and some siding there," he tells GlobeSt.com. The subcontractor was installing siding as the supplier could deliver it.

While the Wall Street Journal recently wrote about how supply chain issues are affecting new homes, the problem stretches across commercial real estate projects. 

A renovation of a bank space into a furniture showroom by interior design and architecture firm, Leslie Saul & Associates has seen a big delay because linear diffuser boxes weren't available. "They finally arrived last week, but almost two months after the original due date," Saul tells GlobeSt.com. "The store was supposed to open by Christmas, and instead it may be the end of February."