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California Is Land Of Opportunity, Michigan Is Motor King

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California has crushed the competition as the top-ranked state for Opportunity Zones and Michigan is still the undisputed heavyweight champ in Automotive Manufacturing Strength in Business Facilities’ 1 5th Annual Rankings Report , released this week.

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Flagship Store Retail Construction: 3 Reasons Brands Still Build in a Flagship Location

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Apple’s first flagship store was in Chicago on Michigan Avenue, where tourists and locals alike quickly became familiar with – and grew to love – the unique environment it offered to interact with the brand’s latest products. Our very first project with the brand was to relocate its original Chicago flagship store to Michigan Avenue in 2008.

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How to design for adaptive reuse: Don’t reinvent the wheel

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Best Practices: Work with What You Have Any architect can look at a dilapidated site and suggest tearing it down and starting from scratch. That’s not to say that these types of sites won’t present their own challenges that may require making adjustments to bring the project up to current code. Utilize existing infrastructure.

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West Michigan Lands Largest Third-Party Data Center In Eastern U.S.

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West Michigan Lands Largest Third-Party Data Center In Eastern U.S. The new SUPERNAP data center will establish the beginning of a 2 million square-foot state-of-the-art, high-tech campus in West Michigan. SUPERNAP Michigan will be 2 milliseconds from Chicago and 14 milliseconds from New York. Credit: Switch).

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$650M Detroit Hockey Arena to Create New Construction Jobs

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Olympia Development of Michigan says the entire project is expected to create 8,300 construction and related jobs. Olympia is still securing zoning approvals from the city before it can begin construction, but it is permitted to begin some earthmoving and site-prep work.'

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Flex-N-Gate To Create Up To 650 Jobs In Detroit

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The Michigan Strategic Fund has approved a $3.5 Detroit’s resurgence is an important part of the Michigan comeback. Flex-N-Gate’s proposed development site in Detroit’s 189-acre I-94 Industrial Park. The Michigan Economic Development Corp. The new facility will supply parts to Ford Motor Co.,

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March / April 2021 Issue (Volume 54, Number 2)

Business Facilities

Plus, a report from Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Business Facilities' March / April 2021 Issue features a look at the Global Supply Chain and our annual tour of top logistics hubs. Read: March / April 2021 Issue (Volume 54, Number 2) at BusinessFacilities.com.