Construction

UFP Industries is expanding its supply base in the construction market with the acquisition of three companies based in New Hampshire.

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. revealed plans Tuesday to transform a long-vacant book warehouse into a hub for automobile innovation in Detroit's oldest neighborhood.

According to the third quarter market reports from NAI Wisinski West Michigan, the industrial sector is pushing through COVID-19 territory thanks to Michigan’s strong manufacturing backbone, but the region may have yet to see the long-term effects of the pandemic on other real estate sectors.

Rockford-based Sable Homes earned brownfield incentives, allowing construction for a new home development in the city of Newaygo.

Housing permits for single-family homes in Michigan increased again in September despite the economic downturn, according to the Home Builders Association of Michigan.

A recent graduate of AYA Youth Collective’s housing resource program will get a new home next year, thanks to a collaboration between several community partners.

A nonprofit housing developer last month earned LEED Silver status for a single-family home it built on Grand Rapids’ southeast side.

Although only 10.3% of workers in the U.S. construction industry are women, some parts of the country, including Grand Rapids, have stronger female representation.

Despite the state-mandated freeze on construction in response to COVID-19, Wheeler Development Group so far completed more than $50 million in townhome projects this year and is seeing increased activity in the multifamily market.

A former professional opera singer is now making bank as a West Michigan flooring contractor and wants to get the word to young people looking for career opportunities.

Learning never stops for Chaoying Zhang, who is at the forefront of new technological innovations at Rockford Construction. Because she considers herself very scientifically minded, she embraces the challenge of being the company’s first mechanical engineering plumbing coordinator.

Bazzani Building Company is redeveloping an underutilized building in the West Garfield neighborhood.

The Critter Barn in Zeeland will be expanding its farm to include a new $6 million site at 2950 80th Ave. 

An additional 160 apartments will be built by New York-based Magnus Capital Partners on the site of the former Studio 28 movie theater on 28th Street in Wyoming after the developer was approved to begin the second phase of its HŌM Flats at 28 West project. 

LINC UP and Orion Construction cut the ribbon on West Garfield Apartments.

The region’s workforce development agency is joining construction industry professionals and organizations across the nation in hosting events for Careers in Construction Month.

Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services is expanding services at existing outpatient clinics in Caledonia, Grandville and Hastings and is adding a new clinic in St. Joseph as the need for behavioral health services rises statewide.

Wolverine Building Group announced the addition of six new team members.

Skymint reopened its Nunica location Thursday for recreational cannabis sales.

The Associated Builders and Contractors Western Michigan Chapter announced the winners of the 2020 Excellence in Construction Awards.