Hamilton Anderson outgrows its offices as staff size grows to 130

Architecture and urban planning firm Hamilton Anderson Associates has leveraged its work with MGM to launch itself onto the national stage. It has grown from its humble 1994 beginnings, with two people, to 130 employees and a second office in Las Vegas.

The firm will relocate in 2008 from Harmonie Park to the First National Building.

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Although it's too soon to tell how the MGM Grand campus will impact the amount of work that HAA lands locally, the firm is optimistic. "I would say that, because it has been such a departure for what exists in Detroit, that it's raised the bar and raised expectations for entertainment and hospitality projects," says vice president Tom Sherry. "We were in a leadership role in that project, which certainly caught people's attention. People look at us a little bit differently."

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