The 22nd annual University of Michigan & Urban Land Institute Real Estate Forum opened in Grand Rapids this morning. Forum attendees from across the state received a welcome from Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell.
An introduction focusing on the renaissance of Grand Rapids’ downtown was presented by Grand Action co-chairs Dick DeVos, John Canepa and David Frey.
Few people in the audience knew that later today DeVos will be hosting President George Bush for tea at his Ada residence, a remarkable coincidence to what is occurring on the global stage even as developers gather to look at best practices in commercial and industrial real estate.
The Grand Rapids Business Journal will be reporting on the conference at this blog site today and Thursday.
—Carole Valade
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