Location: 600 E. Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49006

Owner: Rivers Edge

Development Size: 7-acre Commercial Development with over ¼ -mile Harrison Road public infrastructure extension

Awards: 

•  APWA SW MI Branch Public Works Project of the Year – Environmental

•  ASCE SW Branch Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award

•  ASCE MI Section Outstanding CE Achievement Cert of Merit

Project Summary:

This award-winning project involved rehabilitating the old Kalamazoo Foundry and Stove building into an open space collaborative office complex.  H&S worked closely with many stakeholders to help the owners vision come to life.  MDOT, MDEQ Floodplain, MDEQ Wetlands, RR Coordination, City of Kalamazoo, Brownfield Authority,  and the MEDC were all heavily involved in the project and H&S navigated them through the project. 

•  Project cost: $10 M

•  80,000 sft. vacant industrial foundry molded into a 53,000 sft. Multi-use office development

•  Positively impacted the floodplain by significantly improving the river bank

•  Expansive outdoor patio overlooking the river’s edge

•  Store contaminated soils onsite in a safe, and cost-effective way.

•  ¼-mile public road, public riverside park, and over 300 parking spaces.

•  Development of new MDOT signal

•  Coordinated the logistics of surcharging discovered peat underneath the building

•  Developed comprehensive stormwater management area for development.