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It could be called Goldilocks economics. The porridge is cold when it comes to manufacturing, housing starts and building permits, but it gets hot as commercial construction and consumer spending stirs the pot.
Speakers at the 2007 Economic & Commercial Real Estate Forecast seminar held Friday on the downtown campus of Grand Valley State University had a variety of business predictions for the coming year.
Still, a growing demand from medical and research industries has created a hot market for office space, said Ray Kisor, executive vice president for the office group of Grubb & Ellis/Paramount Commerce, sponsors of the annual forecast.
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