A dozen or so years of working for someone else was enough for David Tobar. It’s why he is starting his own landscape architecture firm in Detroit -
Outside Partnership.
“It was just the right time,” Tobar says. “I hit the ceiling at my old firm.”
Tobar has worked for the likes of Hamilton Anderson and Albert Kahn associates on streetscape and landscaping projects for the likes of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, Compuware, General Motors, Mexicantown and the MGM Grand Detroit. He is now going after work with those same organizations and the University of Michigan.
The Hispanic-owned firm specializes in outdoor-based projects. That means his work generally entails things like streetscape and park projects. He sees investment in these types of projects as key to revitalizing the city.
“This is what I like,” Tobar says. “I have always had a passion for the urban environment.”
Source: David Tobar, principal of Outside Partnership
Writer: Jon Zemke
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