Downtown's
Kraemer Design Group moved to new space last spring not just because it had grown so fast but because it expects to continue that growth for the foreseeable future.
The architecture firm has expanded to 16 people. Twelve years ago the company started in the founder's house in Plymouth. It soon moved to downtown Detroit and has set up shop in Harmonie Park, among other places before taking the
second floor of the Detroit Opera House Parking Garage's retail space.
"We have a lot of room to grow now," says Mark Mardirosian, principal of Kraemer Design Group. "We were maxed out in space in our old office."
The long-term goal is to double the firm's employee base to 30 people. The company hired two people in 2008. It would like to add 1-2 more people in 2009.
Kraemer Design Group specializes in urban, multi-family design. It designed the
Lofts of Merchants Row and the
Hilton Garden Inn. Mardirosian is also hopeful the Broderick Tower project, which it also designed, will get underway soon.
"Multi-family is one of our biggest categories," Mardirosian says. "We have done a lot of the loft developments in Detroit."
Source: Mark Mardirosian, principal of Kraemer Design Group
Writer: Jon Zemke
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