Downtown Ann Arbor is about to get a little denser when PMA Consultants starts building its new home, Tierra Place. The 8-story mid-rise will include space for retail, commercial and residential space interspersed with a bevy of environmentally friendly features. Work is set to begin in July and wrap up within one year.
Downtown Ann Arbor's newest It project seems to be building a new convention center, however, the path to putting one together is at best a long and winding one.
Someone must be smiling down on the Ann Arbor area because the region is blessed with a multitude of start-ups. Take Lumen Christi Church Design, specializing in old-school, cathedral-style church interiors. The two-person accidental start-up's work is taking off across the nation and hopes to hire a person or two in the not-too-distant future.
Digging in the dirt will be a little less painful for gardeners and a little more pleasurable for Ann Arbor's Radius Garden. The start-up has enjoyed 300% annual growth since it introduced it revolutionary new garden tools in 2004 and expects to hire a few people in the near future.
A123Systems is making a statement in the hybrid-automotive world. The company that develops the lithium battery for the Chevy Volt has tripled in size this year and looks to add more jobs to its Livonia and Ann Arbor offices.
Computer science + design + social science = Innovation. Concentrate checks out the student projects at the University of Michigan's School of Information and witnesses the next evolutionary stage in information technology.
Storing data is allowing Online Technologies to build up some jobs in Ann Arbor. The data-storage start-up has just hired three, has two jobs open and plans to bring on another two or three people by the end of the year.
Whether it's web optimization or life optimization, Linda Girard has the kind of vision, energy and confidence others look up on Google. Co-founder of the successful Internet marketing company, Pure Visibility, she's translated a Life 2.0 philosophy into Web 2.0 business savvy.
An old familiar name in Ann Arbor is looking at doing some improving to its old familiar home. Zingerman's is preparing plans to renovate and expand its facilities in Kerrytown sooner rather than later.
A rare find turned into a bit of historical treasure when workers pulled a time capsule from the old YMCA in downtown Ann Arbor.
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