MoDiv wins 2012 Ideation Award from Associated Builders & Contrators

Our downtown 'retail incubator' called MoDiv won the 2012 Ideation Award for Innovation from the Associated Builders and Contractors - West Michigan Chapter as a part of their Excellence in Construction Awards!  Check out this great article on the accolade from MLive.com.<br /><br />Congratulations to the entire team who made this project award-winning!<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #363636; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br /><h1 style="color: #363636; font-family: prelo-slab, serif; font-size: 42px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 45px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 6px;">Construction group lauds downtown 'retail incubator' for filling empty space with trendy shops</h1><div class="clearfix"></div><div class="" id="article_container" style="color: #363636; float: left; font-family: Georgia, serif; 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font-size: 10px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-top: -2px; padding-top: 5px;"><span class="caption" style="clear: both; color: #666666; display: block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">MoDiv offers its tenants flexible space and short-term leases</span><span class="byline" style="color: #666666; display: block; float: right; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; line-height: 13px; margin-bottom: 7px; text-align: right; width: 228px;">Jim Harger | Mlive Media Group</span></span></span></div>GRAND RAPIDS, MI – MoDiv, Rockford Construction Co.’s “retail incubator” in downtown Grand Rapids, has won the “2012 Ideation Award” from the <a href="http://www.abc.org/about_abc.aspx" style="color: #305cb6; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Associated Builders and Contractors</a>– West Michigan Chapter.MoDiv, which offers its trendy tenants short-term leases and flexible space at the corner of Monroe Center and Division Avenue, <a href="http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2012/01/retail_incubator_modiv_in_down.html" style="color: #305cb6; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">opened in January</a>after Rockford was left with empty space after a restaurant closed and a clothing shop moved out in the old Peck Building.<br />The 'retail incubator' was lauded because “it encourages new retailers in the downtown market and fosters a creative and entrepreneurial environment,” according to the ABC, which presented the award at its 27th annual “Excellence in Construction” dinner on Friday, Nov. 1.<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><i>To view full article, click on this link: </i><i><a href="http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2012/11/downtown_retail_incubator_laud.html">http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2012/11/downtown_retail_incubator_laud.html</a></i><br /><br />Here are a few photos of the award-winning retail incubator.  For more information on this project, please visit some of our previous posts...<br /><i>•<a href="http://visbeen-associates-architects.blogspot.com/2012/01/modiv-is-hit.html">MoDiv is a hit!</a></i><br />•<i><a href="http://visbeen-associates-architects.blogspot.com/2011/07/mibiz-article-modivs-motive-to-offer.html">MiBiz Article: MoDiv's Motive to Offer Downtown Retailers Options</a></i><br />•<i><a href="http://visbeen-associates-architects.blogspot.com/2012/01/modiv-grand-opening.html">MoDiv's Grand Opening</a></i><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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MoDiv wins 2012 Ideation Award from Associated Builders & Contrators

Our downtown 'retail incubator' called MoDiv won the 2012 Ideation Award for Innovation from the Associated Builders and Contractors...

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