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Analyst: Michigan to ‘almost certainly’ reach $1 billion in revenue in first year of online gambling
Internet casino gaming and sports betting operators in Michigan reached a new benchmark in September, combining for $126.1 million in gross revenue for the month.
Breaking News
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Butcher’s Union, O’Tooles owners plan new tapas restaurant off Bridge Street
GRAND RAPIDS — The owners of Butcher’s Union and O’Toole’s Public House are planning another restaurant just off of Bridge Street on Grand Rapids’ west…
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Jenison manufacturer invests $9M to keep up with surge in thermal packaging demand
JENISON — To meet surging demand for its products, Cellulose Material Solutions LLC is planning a $9 million investment to add a second production line…
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Progressive AE joins challenge aiming for carbon neutral projects by 2030
PLAINFIELD TWP. — Architecture and engineering firm Progressive AE Inc. has joined a national challenge calling for all new buildings, developments and major renovations to…
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Grand Rapids to consider $22M in brownfield incentives for 8-story Spectrum Health development
GRAND RAPIDS — Spectrum Health has filed a Brownfield Plan Amendment for its new Center for Transformation and Innovation, an eight-story office tower planned for…
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Michigan electric cooperative to buy power from large-scale solar project in Cass County
A Northern Michigan electric cooperative will buy power from a large-scale solar project being developed in Cass County.
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‘Such an animal:’ State prepares for inevitable reconstruction of the unsafe, aging S-curve:
GRAND RAPIDS — The state’s new fiscal year budget that began Oct. 1 includes $10 million to study the reconstruction or potential reconfiguration of the Wealthy Street interchange on US-131… -
GR Community Media Center under scrutiny after claims by former employees, board members
GRAND RAPIDS — The Grand Rapids Community Media Center, a nonprofit founded in 1980 to provide community programming across various media platforms, is the subject of both internal and external…
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Commercial cannabis growing operations cut into industrial real estate supply
The thriving and consistently crowded industrial real estate market has recently had to accommodate an increasing number of cannabis growing and processing plants in the municipalities that allow them. -
With tight industrial inventory, developers turn to outlying metro areas
Low industrial real estate vacancy rates and ongoing construction backlogs are pushing industrial projects to more rural and outlying areas.
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REAL ESTATE & DEVELOPMENT
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TowerPinkster to acquire Indiana-based architectural firm to expand reach
TowerPinkster and Indiana-based Kovert Hawkins Architects Inc. are merging to create a more geographically diverse design firm, the companies announced today.
HEALTH CARE
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New Spectrum center would move low-risk cardiac procedures away from hospital
Spectrum Health wants to move certain cardiac catheterization procedures out of the hospital setting to a new $23.2 million outpatient surgical center planned on Grand Rapids’ northeast side.
FINANCE
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Comerica economists lower expectations, forecast higher inflation rate in 2022
Comerica Inc. economists have lowered their expectations for U.S. economic growth next year while raising the forecasted inflation rate in their latest outlook.
FOOD / AGRIBUSINESS
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Square Roots expands Wyoming indoor farm under GFS partnership
When Brooklyn, N.Y.-based urban indoor farming operation Square Roots Urban Growers broke into the $8.1 billion packaged salads and greens segment of the food industry this month, the company did…
MANUFACTURING
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Gentex opens new aerospace opportunities with technology from recent acquisition
ZEELAND — A recent acquisition by Gentex Corp. will allow the Zeeland-based company to expand on its offerings to the aerospace industry.
ENERGY
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Bills would create uniform, statewide taxable value for wind turbines
Statewide legislation introduced this month hopes to resolve a years-long dispute between power providers and local governments over the taxable value of wind turbines and how much revenue is directed…
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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Southwest Michigan First receives $100M gift to build career, technical education center
KALAMAZOO — Plans for a Career and Technical Education Center in Kalamazoo County are moving forward following anonymous gifts of $100 million and property for the project, economic development officials…
NONPROFITS
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DTE Foundation awards $350K in grants to West Michigan nonprofits
The philanthropic arm of Detroit-based utility DTE Energy has awarded more than $350,000 in grants to West Michigan nonprofits to support job readiness, food and education programs.
TALENT
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State occupation outlooks highlight worker needs by sector
Jen Bradshaw had a difficult time finding software and application developers even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020.
SMALL BUSINESS
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Performance Plus adds 8 auto service stores with acquisition of Muskegon-based Van’s Car Wash
WYOMING — Performance Plus Quick Oil Change Centers Inc. has added to its portfolio of oil change and car wash stores with the acquisition of Muskegon-based Van’s Car Wash Inc.