Ann Arbor-based Hobbs + Black Architects “saw a lot of opportunity in the growth in West Michigan,” which led the design firm to open an office in Grand Rapids at the end of March, said the firm’s new West Michigan leader.
Hobbs + Black Architects is working from an approximately 1,500-square-foot office in a building it shares with Foresight Management at 1435 Coit Ave. NE in the Creston neighborhood.
Four full-time employees are working in the new office, with plans to hire a few more people by the end of the year, said Jamie Millspaugh, vice president and leader of West Michigan operations at Hobbs + Black. Millspaugh was hired in January to lead the West Michigan office…