ANN ARBOR—Prentice 4M, a developer of work-live buildings, announced the opening of the its first 4M campus in Ann Arbor. The four-story, 37,500 square foot campus features 11 ready-to-move-in co-living townhomes with 63 available furnished ensuite bedrooms. Dedicated co-working spaces are downstairs from the living spaces to support individual and team needs. Townhouse amenities include
LANSING—The executive committee of the Michigan Economic Development Corp. announced the appointment of Quentin L. Messer Jr. as MEDC CEO. The announcement comes following a national search led by the committee that included a needs analysis for the role and input from stakeholders statewide on key attributes the position required for success. Quentin L.
LANSING—An elementary school that closed in 2000 is being redeveloped into an energy-efficient multi-family housing building with the aid of Property Assessed Clean Energy financing. The building in question, at 1030 S. Holmes St. in Lansing, will see $824,000 financed to add improved heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment, better insulation, better windows, better doors,
SOUTHFIELD—The Michigan Council of Women in Technology Foundation named Melanie Kalmar its “Woman of the Year in Technology.” Kalmar is corporate vice president, chief information officer (CIO) and chief digital officer at Dow Inc., the Midland-based chemical industry giant. The fifth MCWT award recognizes women in Michigan leading or driving change for other women in
SOUTHFIELD—Eaton Corp. announced its eMobility business has been awarded a contract to supply a 24-to-12-volt DC-DC converter for use in a commercial heavy-duty battery electric vehicle (BEV) that will power accessories, such as antilock brakes and lighting. The BEV will be sold in the North American and China markets beginning later this year. “DC-DC converters are an
ROCHESTER HILLS—Fanuc America, a supplier of factory automation and robotics, announced an expansion of its line of high-performance Selective Compliance Assembly Robot Arm (SCARA) robots, offering more reach and payload options to companies with assembly, packaging, pick and place, and inspection processes. Fanuc’s family of 4-axis SCARA robots has grown to include the SR-3iA, SR-6iA, SR-12iA, and new SR-20iA models
GRAND RAPIDS—Compliance Systems, provider of digital compliance documentation, announced a mobile-enabled online account openings, which allows financial institution customers and members to open accounts up to 10 times faster. The software streamlines documents and hosts unique content such as embedded videos and tutorials to help financial institutions build relationships that consumer and commercial deposit customers
SOUTHFIELD–Trent Schmitz, 23, graduated from Lawrence Technological University May 8 with a Master of Architecture degree, a requirement for licensing as a professional architect. And sometime in the next few weeks, Schmitz, of Southfield, will become the youngest licensed architect in the state of Michigan, and possibly the youngest in the country Lawrence Tech is one
ANN ARBOR—Esperion Therapeutics, developers of a novel class of cholesterol-reducing drugs, announced that an investor group led by New York City-based Oberland Capital Management LLC agreed to provide the third and final tranche of funding under the revenue-based funding agreement totaling $50 million. The remaining funds are being released sooner than expected and in parallel
SOUTHFIELD—An unprecedented surge in the speed and power of computers is allowing the analysis of complex data sets to develop new vaccines, to analyze financial risk, to create efficient supply chains, or teach cars to drive themselves. A new degree at Lawrence Technological University will train students to analyze data to do all of those
