Ann Arbor Accuri to hire 88 over five years
You may not know what a cytometer does, but here's what it means for one Michigan company: jobs, growth, expansion.
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Plum Market construction nearly finished in Ann Arbor, to open in Feb.
Eating options in Ann Arbor are about to become a little more luxurious when the Plum Market opens in February. The specialty grocer will open a 28,000-square-foot facility in the Maple Village Shopping Center on the city's northwest side.
Ann Arbor strives for energy efficiency with Energy Challenge Awards Program
As if Tree Town could become any greener, Ann Arbor found a new way with its Energy Challenge Awards Program. The program awards companies that become more energy efficient or utilize renewable energies. Winners receive a plaque, public recognition from the city and the added savings from using less energy.
MDOT looking for input on state’s five-year transportation plan
Everyone has an opinion about Michigan's transportation when they're driving. Now the state is soliciting those opinions through a comment period on its five-year plan.
U-M Regents to review Law School addition plans, green initiative report
The University of Michigan is looking at taking steps to make its buildings bigger and greener today. The university's Board of Regents will review a proposed expansion of the law school and a report about making the school's facilities more environmentally friendly.
U-M business center aims to pair businesses, expertise
A University of Michigan Business Engagement Center has a clear mission – to match university expertise with business and industry researchers.
Downtown Ann Arbor Hotel proposed for McKinley Towne Centre
Another hotel is gearing up for construction in downtown Ann Arbor. The developer behind the McKinley Towne Centre complex at Washington and Division streets is planning to build a nine-story, 120 hotel on a surface parking lot at the southwest corner of the intersection early next year.
Ann Arbor company’s database licensed by AstraZeneca
Multi-national pharmaceutical company AstroZeneca has licensed a database created by Ann Arbor start-up Compendia Bioscience, Inc., created for cancer profiling.
Wireless Washtenaw project looks to expand in SW corner of county
The Wireless Washtenaw project is moving forward from its pilot phase, looking at expanding its coverage area in the southwest corner of the county. The organizers behind the initiative hope to have the entire county covered by the fall of 2008.
Local companies get post-Pfizer dollars
Four Ann Arbor companies are among the first to receive low-interest loans through a state program geared at retaining Pfizer Pharmaceutical, Inc., talent and assets.
