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  Grand Rapids Business Journal

IN THIS ISSUE
 


Triangle Associates
Celebrates 90 Years
Craig S. Datema, CEO and president of Triangle Associates, sits across the table smiling. To his left sits Mitchell G. Watt, vice president and chief business development officer, wearing the same smile — the kind of smile that makes every day feel like casual-dress Friday. With the company coming off its most successful year in its history, smiles have been contagious. (Full Text)


Libraries Take On A New Look
Open space, flexibility and good lighting are all keys to good library design but there are a number of other design elements that are popular today, as well.  (Full Text)


Bulldogs' Ice Arena Slated For Work
Construction goes on all the time at Ferris State University's Big Rapids campus, but one project just getting under way may be taking that quite literally.  (Full Text)


A Capital Idea
Fryling Construction Co. doesn't seem term limited at all, as the Grand Rapids-based builder is working on a couple of Capital City-area projects. (Full Text)


Works Begins On
New Senior Housing
The nonprofit Sunset Association, which operates several senior care facilities in Jenison and Grandville, broke ground this spring on a $26 million apartment building in Georgetown Township. The apartment building is the first phase of a development called Waterford Place. (Full Text)

Hospital Work
Moving Forward
Rockford Construction has recently begun managing the second half of the third phase of the $18 million expansion of Carson City Hospital. (Full Text)

Building A Sustainable Lifestyle
Where is there a development that offers sustainability, wellness, lifestyle learning, simplicity, creativity and spirituality and is a pure, ecological green? (Full Text)

Cascade Marketplace
Second Phase To Begin
Construction of phase 2 of Cascade Marketplace, a new 28th Street retail development by Riebel Development Corp. and DVK Construction, is about to begin, with plans calling for two new buildings to be ready for occupancy by November.  (Full Text)

Construction Loan Defaults Are On The Rise
Problems within the construction loan category started to emerge in late 2006 for many of the smaller banks in Michigan and throughout the Midwest, and it took about a year for it to become an issue for banks on a national basis. (Full Text)

Byron Prepares For M-6 Development
As development continues to creep north into Wyoming from the M-6 interchanges at Byron Center and Wilson avenues, Byron Township is now poised to shepherd growth south of the highway. (Full Text)

BTR Park Draws iyeTek Back To Kalamazoo
A new member has joined Western Michigan University's Business Technology and Research Park. (Full Text)

Credit For Small Business May Be Tightening
Real estate sale/leaseback arrangements are growing in popularity, perhaps due to increasing difficulty of small businesses in Michigan to find loans for expansion. (Full Text)

Caledonia Farmers
Elevator Expands
Caledonia Farmers Elevator marks its 90th anniversary this year, but they aren't baking a cake — they're putting up two new warehouses. (Full Text)

Midtown Adds To Holland’s Revitalization
Jubilee Ministries intends to revamp two former public school buildings in downtown Holland and turn the predominantly concrete campus they share into a walking-friendly, park-like community gathering space called Midtown Campus.  (Full Text)

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