Here are some Kalamazoo updates. I finally got out on Saturday to catch a lot of things. This is rather long, and rather than try to arrange these in a special order, they are just in the order that I came across them. A mix of driving and walking, and a mix of things big and small, suburban and urban.
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King-Westwood Elementary School Addition and Remodel -
Consumers Credit Union Branch - this was a fast new build on the northwest corner of Drake and West Main. An older bank branch was demolished to make way for this. The branch functioned out of a mobile trailer in an adjacent parking lot while this went up. Looks like it is just about ready to open -
In contrast, across the street on the NE corner of Drake and West Main is the site of the slowest-moving project in town, a new Chick-fil-A (only the region's 2nd) -
Bronson Methodist has a lot of things going on around town, including no less than six new Primary Care medical buildings. This is the one on West Main, in Oshtemo Township. All six were scheduled to open at the start of July, requiring a rather coordinated move of 60+ physicians that ended their contract with Ascension Borgess (the other big hospital in town) recently -
There is a new drive that connects over to the new Advia Credit Union Headquarters, also under construction -
Though in a suburban location, the Advia CU building is quite massive -
And the adjacent stormwater retention pond taking shape is also quite immense, in its own way. It rained hard yesterday, so we got to see it pretty full today -
I'm glad to see so much masonry on the building -
South on Drake, past Stadium Drive, Western Michigan University now has most of the infrastructure and landscaping in place for its Business Technology and Research Park Phase 2 Expansion. Here's a site plan and some photos - no buildings yet, except for an open-air pavilion structure -
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WMU
Heading up Stadium Drive now, towards WMU. It's hard to get a good shot driving by, but there is a new Honor Credit Union Branch that was formerly a Bob Evans. It is quite the transformation and will open this fall -
Here's some renderings, since I couldn't get a good shot -
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Honor Credit Union
Further up Stadium, Lume, the city's first Recreational Marijuana Dispensary, is open. I read that Lume is currently the largest, single-state marijuana dispensary company in the country. And they have some aggressive expansion plans.
WMU's Arcadia Flats -
And the new WMU Student Center, which is taking on greater presence -
Kalamazoo College's new Natatorium is a lot further along than I thought -
Downtown, Hilton Hotels -
Just west of here is where the new county justice facility will be built. The construction fencing is up, and there is a job trailer and excavator on site -
180 E Water St / Catalyst Development - exterior finishes are underway (and look sharp!) -
"The Creamery" -
Bronson Cancer Pavilion -
Bronson Generator Enclosure -
Bronson Surgical Suite Expansion (infill at main hospital) -
Bronson Labs (like I said, lots going on) -
400 Rose (now occupied) -
And finally, ending with something random, some sort of roof top work at the at&t downtown building -
Thanks for scrolling!