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Many also noted that collaboration and partnerships are becoming key to the industry\u2019s success.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Participating in the executive roundtable were:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Craig Baker, president at <b>First Companies Inc.<\/b>, a Grand Rapids-based general contractor<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Melissa Collar, partner at <b>Warner Norcross + Judd LLP<\/b>, a Grand Rapids-based law firm that sponsored the roundtable<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Jim Conner, senior vice president at <b>Triangle Associates Inc.<\/b>, a Walker-based general contractor<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Andrew Eckert, senior project architect in Grand Rapids at architecture firm <b>Ghafari Associates<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Curt Mulder, president and co-owner of <b>Wolverine Building Group Inc.<\/b>, a Grand Rapids-based construction management firm<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Suzanne Schulz, urban planning practice leader at <b>Progressive AE Inc.<\/b>, a Grand Rapids-based architecture and engineering firm<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mibiz.com\/sections\/real-estate-development\/west-michigan-construction-industry-finds-optimism-ahead-for-2020\">Read More &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction and development professionals in West Michigan remain optimistic as they look toward 2020, even though the upcoming presidential election and ongoing talent issues are causing headwinds.\u00a0 While some markets might slightly change next year, industry experts who spoke with MiBiz during a recent executive roundtable said they are interested to see how downtown Grand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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