Kate Carlson
Commercial Real Estate Reporter at Crain’s Grand Rapids Business
commercial real estate reporter for @CrainsGR formerly MiBiz, @hollandsentinel @MDN (Kate not Katie) she/her
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3 days ago |
crainsgrandrapids.com | Kate Carlson
A Holland-based designer and builder of automation manufacturing systems again needs more space to accommodate steady growth. Koops Inc. completed a 15,000-square-foot addition to one of its facilities last month to increase manufacturing capacity, less than two years after expanding at its hub on the city’s east side. The employee-owned company plans to hire 24 full-time employees with the new production capacity.
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4 days ago |
chicagobusiness.com | Kate Carlson
Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey PLC is continuing its growth trajectory and expanding into Chicago with the acquisition of an intellectual property and technology litigation firm. The deal for Irwin IP LLP closed on May 1 and allows Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Miller Johnson to grow its IP litigation practice through Irwin IP’s client base, which spans startups and Fortune 500 companies.
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1 week ago |
crainsgrandrapids.com | Kate Carlson
Construction started this month on the $17 million Lofts of Muskegon project that is being built on the site of a former McDonald’s. The former fast food restaurant building at 122 W. Muskegon Ave. is expected to be demolished “any day now,” said Pete Schwiegeraht, senior vice president of development of the Midwest region at Pivotal Development LLC, one of the firms developing the project. A four-story affordable housing building with 46 apartments will be constructed in its place.
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crainsgrandrapids.com | Kate Carlson
Longtime Grand Rapids real estate developer and investor Scott Wierda is stepping down from the commercial property management and investment company he co-founded 17 years ago to launch his own firm with his son. Wierda will serve as CEO of the new company, SW Real Estate Investment, and son Spencer Wierda will serve as president and director of development.
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crainsgrandrapids.com | Kate Carlson
A 24-unit mixed-use redevelopment project in the heart of Grand Rapids’ Eastown has landed initial approval for $1.5 million worth of brownfield incentives. U. Turan owns three adjacent properties at 1407, 1409 and 1417 Robinson Road SE, near the bustling intersection with Lake Drive SE. He plans to demolish the three vacant commercial buildings there and construct a four-story, 32,000-square-foot building in its place called Robinson Road Flats. Keep up with all things West Michigan business.
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