Acting on a hunch that the West Michigan economy will come back stronger than the rest of the state, executives of a Kalamazoo architecture firm decided to expand to Grand Rapids now to get a foothold.
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For many companies in the construction industry, just maintaining their business is tough in this economy. But architecture firm Kingscott Associates is hoping opening a new office in Grand Rapids will create opportunities and position it well for when the economy picks up in the future.
Kingscott, which is based in Kalamazoo, this month opened an office in the Ledyard Building in downtown Grand Rapids. Glenn Nienhuis, one of four Kingscott principals, will head the office, and five employees from the greater Grand Rapids area will be based there.
The company chose the Ledyard Building partly because they wanted to be downtown, said Bob McGraw, Kingscott president and principal. They also wanted to be accessible to the highway for clients from outside Grand Rapids. Company leadership also liked it because it was a historical building.
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