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Has USGBC shifted its focus?
Local design firm feels council is more concerned about profits than its core mission.
Building projects aren’t the only thing the U.S. Green Building Council certifies for LEED.
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WMU designs $15M alumni center with TowerPinkster
By 2015, Western Michigan University is hoping to have a new home for Bronco alumni.
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West Michigan office furniture industry wins at NeoCon 2013
West Michigan’s best-known names in office furniture manufacturing have done well at NeoCon this week, with Steelcase, the largest company, taking the most awards.
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One proposed hotel receives extension
Another has its work plan and development agreement approved.
A local lodging operator that first proposed a $28 million hotel for the North Monroe Business District in 2007, and then upgraded the project just a few months ago, has asked for an extension.
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American Seating displays higher end furniture at NeoCon
North America’s biggest contract furniture show opens today in Chicago.
American Seating, a well-known producer of contract seating in Grand Rapids for more than 100 years, will introduce a freestanding table line, a wood base chair, a stackable table and Us Chair accessories at this year’s NeoCon.
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Architect at Large moves into East Hills neighborhood
Architect at Large has leased more than 1,500 square feet of space in Grand Rapids' East Hills neighborhood.
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Inside Track: Upholding more than a century of teamwork
Frank Stanek has worked for Owen-Ames-Kimball since he graduated college, and now he’s the president.
Frank Stanek seems like a low-key, humble guy, and a dedicated family man who likely would make a good neighbor.
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Spring Parade of Homes maps 2013 listings
Koetje Builders, Gary Byker and Jannel Joppie, Muston Construction, Advanced Homes, Cutting Edge Builders and Sable Homes — along with a host of other designers and builders — are anxious to display their latest creations in the Spring Parade of Homes, which starts Friday.
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Deb DeGraaf values family at DeGraaf Interiors
For Deb DeGraaf — owner and president of DeGraaf Interiors, a residential and commercial flooring and carpet business with three West Michigan locations — her education in the industry began at her father Daryll’s side.
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Inside Track: Teaching creatives how to change a community
Gayle DeBruyn, Kendall College’s first chief sustainability officer, helps students forge a bond between design and environment.
While other little girls were playing with Barbie dolls, Gayle DeBruyn was in her backyard building forts.
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