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Project set to change Fulton Street landscape

Roughly 20 years after Van Andel Arena’s transformation of Fulton Street, a new development is set to change the landscape, and skyline, of downtown...

Soccer team’s next gooooooal is to keep growing

Matt Roberts feels Grand Rapids FC is like the ‘cool new restaurant’ in town. In the soccer team’s first season in Grand Rapids, Roberts, who...

Redesign of Calder Plaza picks up speed

(As seen on WZZM TV 13) A conceptual design for reimagining one of Grand Rapids’ best-known downtown gathering spaces could be finalized this year. The...

Genetic carrier screening startup thriving in Grand Rapids

A genetic carrier screening startup that launched in Grand Rapids in 2013 has aspirations to be part of every pregnancy that occurs in the...

Bookstore is a golden retirement opportunity

The new owners of a downtown Grand Haven bookstore are excited to be starting the next chapter of their lives. The four owners of The...

Inside Track: D’Arienzo sees zoos as a way to change the world

As Peter D’Arienzo settled into a chair in a conference room at the John Ball Zoo administrative offices, he twisted off the cap of...

City to income and property taxpayers: ‘Take the bus’

Grand Rapids Business Journal reports show a steadily increasing number of downtown developments now coming to fruition — and every one of them devours...

Soccer club kicks around $8M tournament complex

Derek Dufendach and his local youth soccer club, River City FC, are trying to bring an $8 million, 80-acre soccer complex to West Michigan. Dufendach’s...

Why is Pittsburgh better off than Grand Rapids?

In Michigan Future’s latest report, “Michigan’s Transition to a Knowledge-Based Economy,” we compare Metro Grand Rapids (Barry, Kent, Montcalm and Ottawa counties) to Metro...

Five years in, Lacks has healthier workforce

Lacks Enterprises saw its health care costs per employee rise by more than 30 percent over a two-year period, creating an unsustainable situation for...

Four mistakes family business owners make with their exit plan

Have you ever seen someone walk unsuspectingly into a glass door? I’ve been that person. What’s the worst part? Knowing it was totally preventable. While...

Fifth Third offers affordable solution to the underbanked

A traditional financial institution has developed a rather nontraditional banking program to engage those with little or no bank relationship. Since Fifth Third Bank launched...

Stock market rollercoaster could become the ‘new normal’

Last week marked a bit of good news for investors, with the S&P 500 and Dow charting their first three-day wins of the new...

Manzano is a national role model for Latinas

Sonia Manzano’s usual audience is children, but she’s got a powerful message for the adults attending the Business Journal’s 50 Most Influential Women in...

Comcast invests in upgraded business service

Comcast is betting $1 million that it can attract new business customers in Kent County. The cable provider is moving to a “proactive” strategy that...

Acton Institute wins prestigious award for documentary

Everything you’ve ever wondered about why the billions of dollars put into solving poverty hasn’t worked is addressed by a critically acclaimed documentary from...

Employers can expect stiff visa competition

Last year, 233,000 applications were filed for H1B visas, but only 85,000 were available. Susan Im, immigration attorney and president of Im Law, said she...

Street Talk: Downtown parking is a balancing act

Downtown development carries a cost, and it’s not just in dollars. With a slew of projects already underway and more on the drawing board, the...

For the love of sales — and not for the love of money

Do you love sales? Do you love what you do? Do you love your product? Do you love your company? Do you love your...

Public Record

MORTGAGES Selected mortgages filed with Kent County Register of Deeds KREITZER, Steven M. et al, Quicken Loans, Grove's Sub. No. 1, Lot 33, $248,850 SOUTHWELL, David R....