2 E. Fulton Building's Fate Decided

Remember the building on 2 E. Fulton St that was blogged about a month or so ago? The one David Lorenz from <a href="http://www.visbeen.biz/">Visbeen Associates</a> designed concepts for and submitted as a piece to vote for during ArtPrize? <a href="http://visbeen-associates-architects.blogspot.com/2011/05/2-east-fulton-design-concepts.html">Here's a quick refresher</a>. Recently, the 2 E. Fulton St building (and its renderings) was discussed in the <a href="http://www.grbj.com/">Grand Rapids Business Journal</a>, which announced that this city "eyesore" will finally be renovated by <a href="http://www.locusdevelopment.com/">Locus Development</a>. Vacant since 1998, Locus Development will be investing $4.5 million into "historically redeveloping" this building. <div><br /></div><div>While they are not giving out too much information just yet as to which business specifically will be occupying the space, John Green and Andy Winkle of Locus Development did reveal that the top floor will be occupied by an office tenant, and the ground floor will be a new restaurant. What type of restaurant is coming has yet to be said, but Green did say we do not have "this type" of eatery yet in Grand Rapids. </div><div><br /></div><div>Green stated that he hopes for construction to begin near the end of the first quarter of 2012 and have the work finished before ArtPrize starts up again in September.</div><div><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjViO9S5m3YdZMbSPQjvKMDovzMA5MCS1yIKenEpcGnv0JtwNOsiEHZkPgmjKUkhYHxFrQ1QBaomJZLnlXLN73frrInHMMF0qTWfDQaBXXECMgBk2A4ZINJxnNVw84Kd9JKW-TDRcsqvOVl/s1600/R1.2+JA+View+2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669715259217708226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjViO9S5m3YdZMbSPQjvKMDovzMA5MCS1yIKenEpcGnv0JtwNOsiEHZkPgmjKUkhYHxFrQ1QBaomJZLnlXLN73frrInHMMF0qTWfDQaBXXECMgBk2A4ZINJxnNVw84Kd9JKW-TDRcsqvOVl/s320/R1.2+JA+View+2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 194px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3BGxb42EDAixrhEUJFHwvz6q6_-fz5ikhGBT0Y_WbO3_aOCxjgyJihGEOcvXJ650xx8rQ8IRmBQHNHEcRUNPZNmh5Dy3TFSc3BC2HTj-A6rzAKmtLXNqkFqAWOqCJTFRKF1LjBiwi3U4/s1600/R1.3+JA+Interior.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669715263892129554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3BGxb42EDAixrhEUJFHwvz6q6_-fz5ikhGBT0Y_WbO3_aOCxjgyJihGEOcvXJ650xx8rQ8IRmBQHNHEcRUNPZNmh5Dy3TFSc3BC2HTj-A6rzAKmtLXNqkFqAWOqCJTFRKF1LjBiwi3U4/s320/R1.3+JA+Interior.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 219px;" /></a>

2 E. Fulton Building's Fate Decided

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ArtPrize 2011: Let the voting begin!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglkCwuKS2XSDtxCXg8tNcCqAIhAWGmMYUSVSPVUJ_Ptvyq3Gm-5v8XxXOLyCJRj18ko-npQ7BOqayU1NX3nzZuEvZnICOrZoRwHbudL-6_L1m_b8WDZYtstgNv0f9EqYhBktGyQ2BcE3i0/s1600/life-without-art-is-stupid-83101-500-345_large.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655266302821638242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglkCwuKS2XSDtxCXg8tNcCqAIhAWGmMYUSVSPVUJ_Ptvyq3Gm-5v8XxXOLyCJRj18ko-npQ7BOqayU1NX3nzZuEvZnICOrZoRwHbudL-6_L1m_b8WDZYtstgNv0f9EqYhBktGyQ2BcE3i0/s320/life-without-art-is-stupid-83101-500-345_large.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 221px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#999999;">image source: http://www.avartica.com/gallery/500/75ff6229e0e5b914.gif</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>As of last night, <a href="http://www.artprize.org/">ArtPrize</a> is in full swing! This is a very exciting time for Grand Rapids and for <a href="http://www.visbeen.biz/">Visbeen Associates</a> because <a href="http://visbeen-associates-architects.blogspot.com/2011/01/introducingdavid-lorenz.html">David Lorenz</a>, our senior designer, is an official ArtPrize artist. Three of his stellar watercolor renderings are featured at 2 East Fulton on the north side of the building. Titled "Potential Revealed," these pieces capture the vision for what the building at 2 East Fulton <i>could be</i>. After the Livingston Hotel burned down on this property back in 1924, this building was erected as the Davenport Institute and later was used as the Junior Achievement Building followed by roughly 15 years of vacancy. Now, Visbeen Associates is working together with <a href="http://www.locusdevelopment.com/">Locus Development</a> on the possibilities for this building to preserve the rich history of its past while encouraging the growth, culture and community of the future downtown Grand Rapids.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here are a few photos of the actual piece, but please check it out in person and vote for David!</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_L63oYlI-Ki0b-zRwPXQShh7yeYTBxBwSWEZQyCL-yAUyRiSYytZ4Suvuulfvm5GIF6pOuQLcp1heyIRg1cSSq5i1o6XEI0FsvtLB2wzIjOkpT6N97Kr-8bofv0hfWx2PbH8ZUY8z76Wi/s1600/IMG_0027-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655266293753305154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_L63oYlI-Ki0b-zRwPXQShh7yeYTBxBwSWEZQyCL-yAUyRiSYytZ4Suvuulfvm5GIF6pOuQLcp1heyIRg1cSSq5i1o6XEI0FsvtLB2wzIjOkpT6N97Kr-8bofv0hfWx2PbH8ZUY8z76Wi/s320/IMG_0027-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwFOM6N9ZEIKqDkRd_oxA4TcQH5Vf_pVsqVrah8Ddu2n2XPA6B_mr77i9TCS1Doj-U-BkGg6z3d90gYf-HsywU4T6-Gub5ESRPiytVMqT5LX-cmZxG5aEoC2yMdKt0xSveyO1DQejzwvV/s1600/IMG_0037-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655266276548972050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwFOM6N9ZEIKqDkRd_oxA4TcQH5Vf_pVsqVrah8Ddu2n2XPA6B_mr77i9TCS1Doj-U-BkGg6z3d90gYf-HsywU4T6-Gub5ESRPiytVMqT5LX-cmZxG5aEoC2yMdKt0xSveyO1DQejzwvV/s320/IMG_0037-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 181px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8r7Fd3h1XYgSOAx-wi782zu9-T0gJNX2C8upkde4szy5X0LYaxgpWSKQ6Bb2r6rUiXFBw2d7fKZi3B0k99kq_cq0uGrPL3k-oeqOQumP_FA2ekS4GLI-BQ7aRdYmu8jfibAU6z9byisC3/s1600/IMG_0038-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655266270573375890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8r7Fd3h1XYgSOAx-wi782zu9-T0gJNX2C8upkde4szy5X0LYaxgpWSKQ6Bb2r6rUiXFBw2d7fKZi3B0k99kq_cq0uGrPL3k-oeqOQumP_FA2ekS4GLI-BQ7aRdYmu8jfibAU6z9byisC3/s320/IMG_0038-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Xc92r9UgceJwyN8P2YmdbBORXN07LNjBShsFHeQaoDN-FAPo98V17UQ7mTytesJ-MWh9PYKO0FZLaLmwRGEwzJBxurDnlBqcIefvsQI7WXKzNytNXPKqTsQLDGPu2IgaUd1t_Nkcdc1A/s1600/IMG_0040-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5655266260565231506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Xc92r9UgceJwyN8P2YmdbBORXN07LNjBShsFHeQaoDN-FAPo98V17UQ7mTytesJ-MWh9PYKO0FZLaLmwRGEwzJBxurDnlBqcIefvsQI7WXKzNytNXPKqTsQLDGPu2IgaUd1t_Nkcdc1A/s320/IMG_0040-1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" /></a><br /><div><br /></div>

ArtPrize 2011: Let the voting begin!

image source: http://www.avartica.com/gallery/500/75ff6229e0e5b914.gif As of last night, ArtPrize is in full swing! This is a very exciting...

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David Lorenz in ArtPrize!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLxTa2xBuDv0cCmbYoxrg_ngQGH18-61OrvDcx1boRHjb7iiXwC4BGPB8KSJBjg9tPMNGjy93hffD3cril8W3IS-F2ItmlnFI-Nm1wGrAnRugVXCkWecwGQ1V_UQFBScsnyuvPe8jafnk/s1600/icon_connectionArtist.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649308464126916530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfLxTa2xBuDv0cCmbYoxrg_ngQGH18-61OrvDcx1boRHjb7iiXwC4BGPB8KSJBjg9tPMNGjy93hffD3cril8W3IS-F2ItmlnFI-Nm1wGrAnRugVXCkWecwGQ1V_UQFBScsnyuvPe8jafnk/s320/icon_connectionArtist.gif" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 130px;" /></a>The highly anticipated <a href="http://www.artprize.org/">ArtPrize 2011</a> is less than two weeks away and we are proud to announce that David Lorenz, senior designer here at <a href="http://www.visbeen.biz/">Visbeen Associates</a>, is an official ArtPrize artist! Three of his masterpiece watercolors, completed in a project for <a href="http://www.visbeen.biz">Visbeen Associates</a> and <a href="http://www.locusdevelopment.com]">Locus Development</a> for the potential renovation of the building, will be featured at 2 East Fulton along with 9 other site-specific art installations sponsored by <a href="http://www.site-lab.org/">Site:Lab + U of M's School of Art and Design</a>. To see all of the dynamic artists that will be featured at this great location, visit their <a href="http://www.artprize.org/venues/public-profile/506">ArtPrize venue page</a> or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Site.Lab.616">Site:Lab's facebook page</a>. It is going to be <b><i>the</i></b> place to visit for ArtPrize, so don't miss it!<div><br /></div><div>ArtPrize runs from September 21-October 9 - be sure to check out David's work on the north side of the building on Fulton Street!</div>

David Lorenz in ArtPrize!

The highly anticipated ArtPrize 2011 is less than two weeks away and we are proud to announce that David Lorenz, senior designer here at Vi...

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