Big News for Grand Rapids!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNU76VhKNSyXEvbY7VONnZib0YXtI3fari3dXbX89ttG9iatUifDvXNGLfCHXk0NcWP9BGLmGMUUSLxMG2oB2xpryzSGwQzlfoEoOrWu2S2sAJ6fBTSVCMDbf255KWNTr8lEKP8couJDFU/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNU76VhKNSyXEvbY7VONnZib0YXtI3fari3dXbX89ttG9iatUifDvXNGLfCHXk0NcWP9BGLmGMUUSLxMG2oB2xpryzSGwQzlfoEoOrWu2S2sAJ6fBTSVCMDbf255KWNTr8lEKP8couJDFU/s320/photo.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Have you been wondering what the old Nextel building on 28th street is being transformed into?  Well, after much speculation, the secret's out!  Today, it was announced that <a href="http://www.akrikks.com/">AK Rikk's</a> is the face behind this 28,000 square foot retail gem that <a href="http://www.visbeen.biz/">Visbeen Associates</a> had the pleasure of designing.  Set to open late this summer, the new location of AK Rikk's will be a full service men's and women's clothing store complete with a men's suit room and tailor shop, women's shoes and handbags shop as well as a section of home goods and furniture from manufacturers like Herman Miller.  In addition, the back portion of the building will have classroom space for a non-profit organization currently in the works that is intended to benefit and support emerging young creatives in the Grand Rapids area.<br /><div><br /></div><div>We are thrilled to be a part of this fantastic new expansion of Grand Rapids' retail skyline.  Here are a few shots from the press conference this morning where this big news was announced, as well as some interior and exterior design renderings done by our very own David Lorenz.  You'll be transported to 5th Avenue as soon as you step inside!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp-q8mFplmR2V4NLQJqpUiBEUqcF1NO58qbgXpRxloy5lxZ3x4GPhBL9KffOvL5_-G7xZsQ6Hj3D_1E5NCSmaTu8xMKfX7mg-z_VDvOY6-L1kNJ4JjgHk8kPLTuGelL3ducvsx6N-WMTEA/s1600/IMG_0755-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp-q8mFplmR2V4NLQJqpUiBEUqcF1NO58qbgXpRxloy5lxZ3x4GPhBL9KffOvL5_-G7xZsQ6Hj3D_1E5NCSmaTu8xMKfX7mg-z_VDvOY6-L1kNJ4JjgHk8kPLTuGelL3ducvsx6N-WMTEA/s320/IMG_0755-1.jpg" width="320" /></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i> Awaiting the anticipated news</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjttXFD-IHPvC9zKfANqCXvLTG1xKxRu8DD611jfypxDCP0k4cMudwrSvGoMogPKWxbxcjnds5TzKYhY4WktDRhTtj4nv8NVyes6ACkCSG9TgpmsCGKPwdvW8GpWLnKgudEQS6GwrLBTvxC/s1600/IMG_0762-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjttXFD-IHPvC9zKfANqCXvLTG1xKxRu8DD611jfypxDCP0k4cMudwrSvGoMogPKWxbxcjnds5TzKYhY4WktDRhTtj4nv8NVyes6ACkCSG9TgpmsCGKPwdvW8GpWLnKgudEQS6GwrLBTvxC/s320/IMG_0762-1.jpg" width="320" /></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i> The reveal!</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Bu391mWC7-0BfdOMAKcEEcv1qySvCjavR5iwYwqf4XuQHJH2F3onrvcO0cp6AeeTXNQTwmS0pdi8uY-ISgQ1oB3jhxWh8lDr8I8caK1AIXPzxW3PegEC-MI2q6FRz0Cwz_gvRllbSPhW/s1600/IMG_0764-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Bu391mWC7-0BfdOMAKcEEcv1qySvCjavR5iwYwqf4XuQHJH2F3onrvcO0cp6AeeTXNQTwmS0pdi8uY-ISgQ1oB3jhxWh8lDr8I8caK1AIXPzxW3PegEC-MI2q6FRz0Cwz_gvRllbSPhW/s320/IMG_0764-1.jpg" width="320" /></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i> Jim Murray, president of AK Rikk's, outlining the history of AK Rikk's and it's plan for the expansion</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJ_f5WZ0hPK9Fnpowo68ZHxU_j7J2rzx0kIekSH30-SsFibXmNqvhoQaoBfOm5ErnybPN_y4LPgOTUQB2s9rggmQXxKZ3gLnxL5E_0-9Mg7-k0flLHAAFwBPJSz5r_NEvfiOcTwRXLCp-/s1600/IMG_0765-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJ_f5WZ0hPK9Fnpowo68ZHxU_j7J2rzx0kIekSH30-SsFibXmNqvhoQaoBfOm5ErnybPN_y4LPgOTUQB2s9rggmQXxKZ3gLnxL5E_0-9Mg7-k0flLHAAFwBPJSz5r_NEvfiOcTwRXLCp-/s320/IMG_0765-1.jpg" width="320" /></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i> Captive audience of clients, business partners, supporters and press</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZnOab1uEaCQRyQ9WgxjZF8tUMNEoUzlX0wbpypy5ap2F9frXjo8Iw8_2seYRPdlB6faOvB0sLhpgEzlxqsrpSGc0nLbSa7e60IiwohlPzU7bWMbfN6iS-LCYu5o7bO3czvcfv7iYaxL8/s1600/IMG_0768-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSZnOab1uEaCQRyQ9WgxjZF8tUMNEoUzlX0wbpypy5ap2F9frXjo8Iw8_2seYRPdlB6faOvB0sLhpgEzlxqsrpSGc0nLbSa7e60IiwohlPzU7bWMbfN6iS-LCYu5o7bO3czvcfv7iYaxL8/s320/IMG_0768-1.jpg" width="320" /></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The future of AK Rikk's</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgateSuQOxn4k2gy0PguQKjSXIAxkFQD8r2UsLDEeUT-X3u_CLRRlTTtVXck-0Kt8GfONAg74beMJ9xy5Xkh_QNYEG33Ew3jOeF3mHIZu-JzAHxNg6KJ_DuTAVP4aJyJXZPWxoxKvW1_VYR/s1600/+AK+Rikks+Design+Images+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgateSuQOxn4k2gy0PguQKjSXIAxkFQD8r2UsLDEeUT-X3u_CLRRlTTtVXck-0Kt8GfONAg74beMJ9xy5Xkh_QNYEG33Ew3jOeF3mHIZu-JzAHxNg6KJ_DuTAVP4aJyJXZPWxoxKvW1_VYR/s320/+AK+Rikks+Design+Images+1.jpg" width="320" /></i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><i> Exterior rendering</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdNEg93UGcjx20CEO_NHY0YIt5_gaT1dTS0fXCmUiK-QhWsAo_xnTS3p-IRBi9fptr2ZkbpD6-O64dsa7xSFf1e55MORK4c1T-tSPJges_dOBkHQOjxVC9crAfkcHzGZGedX1KCgpDTsU/s1600/+AK+Rikks+Design+Images+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdNEg93UGcjx20CEO_NHY0YIt5_gaT1dTS0fXCmUiK-QhWsAo_xnTS3p-IRBi9fptr2ZkbpD6-O64dsa7xSFf1e55MORK4c1T-tSPJges_dOBkHQOjxVC9crAfkcHzGZGedX1KCgpDTsU/s320/+AK+Rikks+Design+Images+6.jpg" width="320" /></i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>A welcoming entrance to the two-story retail space</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjI0c5CeGmOQEMRSByien9vKHXUeNklW_YPwX4Uh8UPgmOONbSqpZMj5cfhsHREO5QsTCLm4fmm1-1lSJHOKIG0lnmXsCOOCSaOveR9_fxAoMtO2gPzlWqydhPfS0-Vs5S83JTJMHVWep/s1600/+AK+Rikks+Design+Images+7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjI0c5CeGmOQEMRSByien9vKHXUeNklW_YPwX4Uh8UPgmOONbSqpZMj5cfhsHREO5QsTCLm4fmm1-1lSJHOKIG0lnmXsCOOCSaOveR9_fxAoMtO2gPzlWqydhPfS0-Vs5S83JTJMHVWep/s320/+AK+Rikks+Design+Images+7.jpg" width="320" /></a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Women's salon with a 25 foot TV screen on the wall </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23TRt8_mdE59h7MRGJMIPPi9K97mSjeeah4ChaJXnXzw0-RhvaAhgVW0UdEtmwcqgLLABlzKSpsKi1lzJ_TfoN9LGTN4r5CosNLuZ-B9_Pg8MK8YTBuMEO3ElJZoeonGy7kA2qiknfyzL/s1600/+AK+Rikks+Design+Images+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23TRt8_mdE59h7MRGJMIPPi9K97mSjeeah4ChaJXnXzw0-RhvaAhgVW0UdEtmwcqgLLABlzKSpsKi1lzJ_TfoN9LGTN4r5CosNLuZ-B9_Pg8MK8YTBuMEO3ElJZoeonGy7kA2qiknfyzL/s320/+AK+Rikks+Design+Images+8.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Men's haberdashery</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi017knUa0WDtyDPIpv53I7kc677XCglsKHh_Hovk7x-7WqTo4euAe0Norv7PxAuBNaTZ2JBaGcmCMnon14lrHUGMSkjjiqziV9dyfZEGMxDZdscOASdZbFH1Xw6LRKdNV2p_9KlTe4ju4S/s1600/+AK+Rikks+Design+Images+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi017knUa0WDtyDPIpv53I7kc677XCglsKHh_Hovk7x-7WqTo4euAe0Norv7PxAuBNaTZ2JBaGcmCMnon14lrHUGMSkjjiqziV9dyfZEGMxDZdscOASdZbFH1Xw6LRKdNV2p_9KlTe4ju4S/s320/+AK+Rikks+Design+Images+9.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></i></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Custom designed and built cabinetry takes display to a new level </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAKc-660BUwSNkzcB9Z6QmAVbP4RM8uAcKm2NzJMIlJdlVzj5d8zKRaTIkzssRFrz5SGsiDaxtf44CrzDUdnAEhFidz2crm3y_zHZzAunQqWP4khqBO_QIDgYH-MbS5YiLFtB5Hvr8kNm/s1600/+AK+Rikks+Design+Images+11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAKc-660BUwSNkzcB9Z6QmAVbP4RM8uAcKm2NzJMIlJdlVzj5d8zKRaTIkzssRFrz5SGsiDaxtf44CrzDUdnAEhFidz2crm3y_zHZzAunQqWP4khqBO_QIDgYH-MbS5YiLFtB5Hvr8kNm/s320/+AK+Rikks+Design+Images+11.jpg" width="320" /></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Small home goods and furniture shop </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1EbjUgIVWZk4QJJrkZ3lGgFHgKWEBXzLUmT8jGpGLp4TAiAOKKybNh2z56QbBYnVVFMn1zv8am8t0htzRmSAzEyA04stQHe2kjdbFoLbWFIByzqEQyJLW3pLGQ4CZUMjo8vOLZnB6X_j/s1600/+AK+Rikks+Design+Images+14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK1EbjUgIVWZk4QJJrkZ3lGgFHgKWEBXzLUmT8jGpGLp4TAiAOKKybNh2z56QbBYnVVFMn1zv8am8t0htzRmSAzEyA04stQHe2kjdbFoLbWFIByzqEQyJLW3pLGQ4CZUMjo8vOLZnB6X_j/s320/+AK+Rikks+Design+Images+14.jpg" width="320" /></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i> Women's shoe and handbag shop</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbTUwzILgPtUieBG9cn58vPhRlfpL7Xa0ciB6QNWHHpZtdtxfZvVrv5TFhOfh3k0fWjXtWaVKGh81BR9De5fykUWMj8APuubIbn-QdeVmPG8tidP3tGDes8efPljNA6uK4ZLWR-sja3PC/s1600/+AK+Rikks+Design+Images+17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbTUwzILgPtUieBG9cn58vPhRlfpL7Xa0ciB6QNWHHpZtdtxfZvVrv5TFhOfh3k0fWjXtWaVKGh81BR9De5fykUWMj8APuubIbn-QdeVmPG8tidP3tGDes8efPljNA6uK4ZLWR-sja3PC/s320/+AK+Rikks+Design+Images+17.jpg" width="320" /></i></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The massive corner window display is complete with a movable stage for dramatic seasonal and featured displays</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div><div><br /></div><div>We are proud to be a member of the team bringing this vision to life:</div><div><i>Developer: <a href="http://nextwork.us/">NextWork</a></i></div><div><i>Architect & Interior Architect: <a href="http://www.visbeen.biz/">Visbeen Associates, Inc.  </a></i></div><div><i>Builder: <a href="http://www.lamarconstruction.com/">Lamar Construction Company</a></i></div><div><i>Interior Designer: <a href="http://www.jefferyroberts.com/">Jeffery Roberts Design</a></i></div><div><i>Custom Cabinetry: <a href="http://www.benchmarkwoodstudio.com/">Benchmark Wood Studio</a></i></div><div><i>Consultant: <a href="http://www.critestidey.com/">Crites, Tidey & Associates, Inc.</a></i></div><div><i>Structural Drafting: <a href="http://www.landmarkdesigngroup.net/">Landmark Design Group, PC</a></i></div><div><i>Landscaping: <a href="http://meadowgreengroup.com/">MeadowGreen Group</a></i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>

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