Strathmore Development is redeveloping 7.3 acres at the southeast corner of Plymouth Road and Maiden Lane long dominated by a brownfield site composed of a vacant shopping center and a handful of other old commercial buildings. Workers hope to finish the mega development, also called Broadway Village, by late 2009.
Stewart Beal, president of Beal Properties, is making another move in Ypsilanti, renovating four damaged and foreclosed apartment buildings.
Key Bank is working on improving the buildings it does business in. The latest is a $1 million renovation of its Ypsilanti branch, set to finish before the end of the month.
All that's left to do is finishing laying the sod on the roof. That's situation with A3C's headquarters in downtown Ann Arbor. The architecture firm has finished all of the renovations to the East Huron St. building except adding the green roof, which it expects to finish this spring.
New and established Ann Arbor companies sank about $100 million into job growth in 2007.
University of Michigan student and soccer player Chris Mwakasisi was just looking for a pickup game. But the 21-year-old may find himself at the helm of a profitable social networking site geared toward matching soccer players in search of a game.
Ann Arbor's Quinn Evans Architects has worked on such buildings as the Wayne County Courthouse restoration, the Motown Museum, the Graphic Arts Building restoration and the Inn on Ferry Street restoration. With more jobs on the horizon, they're looking to add staff.
Looking for a New Year's resolution? Whether it's teaching kids to write or maintaining park trails, volunteerism is changing Metro Detroit for the better. As anthropologist Margaret Mead once said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has."
A tiny device developed by University of Michigan scientists has made the impossible possible - using the tiny nano-voltmeter, scientists have been able to measure the electric field inside a cell.
Danotek Motion Industries LLC is generating more than power - the company will double its eight-member staff in the next year, adding a total of 141 employees over the next five years.
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