Articles tagged: Deals of the Year

Construction & Development winner: University of Michigan's North Quad construction redefines campus housing & South State

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Posted: Nov 05, 2010

The first new dormitory on U-M’s campus in decades, the $175 million North Quad also contains classroom space and added hundreds of residents to South State Street. Construction took years to complete, and it included ... Read more »

Health Care Winner: Nanotechnology momentum drives licensing deal, Ann Arbor expansion for NanoBio

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Posted: Nov 05, 2010

NanoBio Corp.’s cold sore technology is hot. That’s the obvious conclusion after United Kingdom pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline agreed to pay $14.5 million upfront and up to $40 million in milestone payments in exchange for rights ... Read more »

Nonprofit Winner: Ann Arbor Chamber merger with Ypsilanti group creates regional collaboration model

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Posted: Nov 05, 2010

Among the changes from the national economic crisis in 2009 was a movement by many nonprofits to examine new strategies amid mounting concerns about sustaining revenue. The business advocacy groups for Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti ... Read more »

Research Winner: Domino's Pizza turns 2 years of recipe research into successful product overhaul

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Posted: Nov 05, 2010

It was a feat of cheesy proportions. Domino’s Pizza, risking its international reputation, secretly spent 18 to 24 months researching, testing and tweaking a completely new pizza recipe in 2008 and 2009. "This is not ... Read more »

Retail Winner: Underground Printing expands in Ann Arbor with new store and Moe Sport Shop acquisition

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Posted: Nov 05, 2010

Underground Printing was born while its co-founders were students at the University of Michigan and living in the West Quad Dorm. Less than a decade later, the company now operates a state-of-the-art production facility in Scio ... Read more »