October 23, 2014
As the retail economy in Portage continues to expand retailers are looking for ways to enter the market. “Currently, there are more retailers looking to enter our market than there are good options available,” says Cole Rathbun, Marketing and Leasing Associate for Hinman Co. One of the places they are finding options is on the Westnedge Avenue retail corridor from Kilgore Road to I-94. The…
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June 12, 2014
A national mortgage lender has a new headquarters in the region after years of growth. AmeriFirst Home Mortgage, founded in 1983, has moved out of its 12,000-square-feet space in Portage, at 616 W. Centre Ave., into a 21,827-square-feet space in Kalamazoo, at 950 Trade Centre Way. “This is an exciting time for the AmeriFirst team,” said Mark Jones, president and co-founder, AmeriFirst Home Mortgage. “We…
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May 8, 2014
By December Portage will be the home for Earth Fare, a supermarket of natural and organic food. The first Michigan store for the retailer that started in 1975 in Asheville, N.C., has locations across the Midwest and Southeast and calls itself “The Healthy Supermarket” will open in a new shopping center at the southwest corner of Kilgore Road and Westnedge Avenue, near Lowe’s. Earth Fare…
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March 10, 2014
Portage, Michigan Veteran real estate developers, Roger Hinman (The Hinman Company) and Joe Gesmundo (AVB), are pleased to announce the Hilton Homewood Suites will be the second hotel to be developed at Trade Centre. The first hotel, a Courtyard by Marriott, opened in October of 2013. The Homewood Suites will have 97 rooms with all of the typical amenities of the brand. The hotels add…
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February 13, 2014
Project Overview: Michigan was competing with several other states to secure 500 new jobs from a major international company. Near the end of the process, Michigan had all but lost the opportunity. Hinman flew out west to meet with company executives and brought them back to West Michigan to show them how all their objectives could be met. Lease execution, incentive procurement, land acquisition, construction,…
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January 15, 2014
Megan Sall with The Right Place credits Hinman with assisting the local economic development agency in persuading Teleperformance to locate in Grand Rapids. “Hinman played a meaningful role in working with Teleperformance executives in addressing their physical and economic needs for a facility. Without Hinman’s involvement, these 500 jobs may have ended up someplace outside of Michigan.” The Right Place, Inc., in collaboration with The…
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January 15, 2014
5475 Beckley Road, now known as Minges Shoppes, has been given a facelift by the Hinman Company. This is one of four Battle Creek buildings that have been given a major overhaul in the past three years by Hinman. The former Furniture Row building, located at the corner of Beckley Road and Riverside Drive, sat vacant for years before it was eventually purchased by Hinman…
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November 29, 2011
On November 8, 2011, The Hinman Company received notification from the Green Building Certification Institute that its’ newly constructed two story, 24,000 square-foot office building located at 610 S. Burdick Street in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan, achieved the designation of Leadership in Energy Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification. According to LEED Projects & Case Study Directory the project is the first newly constructed office building in…
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April 17, 2011
KALAMAZOO – The Rev. Robert “Bob” R. Gepert, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan and his wife, Anne Labat-Gepert, owner of Liturgical Threads, have had a bird’s-eye view of hawks and falcons since they moved into Skyrise Luxury Apartments in downtown Kalamazoo in June 2009. Their 1,585-square-foot apartment, on the top residential floor of the Skyrise Center, overlooks the city, providing panoramic views…
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April 4, 2011
MUSKEGON – The Warner Norcross & Judd law firm in Muskegon is on the move, transferring its offices from the Terrace Plaza office building to the former SPX office building on Muskegon Lake. The move could be the first of a wave of changes in downtown Muskegon, according to local officials who say they see renewed interest in locating downtown. Other downtown office tenants are…
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