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Campus View Apartments Welcomes Students Back with a New Look

Campus View Apartments Welcomes Students Back with a New Look

Campus View has been growing alongside Grand Valley State University for the last 50 years with a large inventory of apartments and town homes, and thousands of happy tenants. But as Grand Valley grows so do options for leasing and Campus View wanted to make their initial experience with potential new tenants reflect who they were more completely.

Campus-View_0008r.o.i. Design was engaged to redesign the “customer experience” in their lobby and entry. Campus View has made continual investment in amenities but those investments aren’t always visible to customers on their first visit, so the lobby had to become a welcome center and a “billboard”.

Campus-View_0024Removing the wall and counter that separated leasing staff from the inquiring customers was crucial. Opening up the space meant finding a way to lock down the office after hours, so r.o.i. Design created large sliding doors, that when closed, created a warm backdrop for the lobby.

Campus-View_0027The use of maple plywood to create office dividers, sliding doors, sales desk and the decorative panels in the hallway eliminated the coldness of the painted concrete block without having to drywall the entire space. The smaller block wall in the lobby was custom painted giving the block an intentional “artsy” look.

Campus-View_0018Campus View was so happy with the outcome that they sent us a personal thank-you that read, “We’re overjoyed with our updated facility and impressed with every aspect of working with your team. Thanks and we’d be thrilled to be a reference anytime. Cheers!”

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National Construction Rate Still Advancing – West Michigan Booming with Multi-Housing

National Construction Rate Still Advancing – West Michigan Booming with Multi-Housing

Downtown Grand Rapids Skyline

Downtown Grand Rapids Skyline

As reported by Michigan Construction News:

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in July total construction put in place throughout the nation rose 0.7% from June’s revised estimate. July set an annual rate of $1,083.4 billion. The revised June rate was $1,075.9 billion.

Construction during the first seven months of this year has risen at an average rate of 9.3% above the rate set during the same period last year.

The Census Bureau is scheduled to release its August 2015 data on October 1st.

September 4, 2015

As reported by Mlive.com:

Apartment construction boomed in first half of 2015

Four new sorority houses are nearing completion in the second phase of construction at Grand Village Student Housing in Allendale near Grand Valley State University. The homes, photographed on Monday, July 13, will be complete in time for the fall semester. (Emily Rose Bennett | MLive.com)

Four new sorority houses are nearing completion in the second phase of construction at Grand Village Student Housing in Allendale near Grand Valley State University. The homes, photographed on Monday, July 13, will be complete in time for the fall semester. (Emily Rose Bennett | MLive.com)

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Apartment construction boomed in West Michigan during the first half of 2015, according to a housing construction publication.

Building starts for single family homes were flat in West Michigan with the exception of Ottawa County, where the number of housing starts grew by 25 percent, according to Builder Track Reports, which follows the region’s construction trends.

In Kent County, building permits were issued for 662 apartment units, most of them in Grand Rapids. That’s more than twice the 324 units started in the first half of 2014.

July 16, 2015