Build .NET Core console application to output an EXE

For a console application project targeting .NET Core 1.0, I cannot figure out how to get an .exe to output during build. The project runs fine in debug.

I’ve tried publishing the project, but that does not work either. It makes sense since an EXE file would be platform-specific, but there must be a way. My searches have only turned up reference to older .NET Core versions that used project.json.

Whenever I build or publish, this is all I get:

Build directory

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