Wolverine World Wide Riverfront Development: Design Concept #1

This time last year, as one of two finalists, <a href="http://www.visbeen.biz/">Visbeen Associates Inc</a> was asked to create three design concepts for <a href="http://www.wolverineworldwide.com/">Wolverine World Wide</a>'s riverfront property in downtown Rockford, MI. With their qualifications and expertise in large scale projects and sustainable design, we decided to join forces with <a href="http://www.gmb.com/">GMB Architecture+Engineering</a> for the task. <div><br /></div><div>The first concept our team created involved renovating Wolverine's existing building for use as a retail outlet and conference center. The concept also included a retirement village, independent and assisted living facilities, as well as a community pavilion and a riverfront bandstand for summer concerts.<div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYMrWuNZ9NSXf5GiXt6OAUPkNt6zXkrdC9N1xt67rDF_m_Gl89RdXEMXqKO8GjabHYVNJgy5-lhMTEu2ztCQ3suxCxR64l05uxHgFkUOpyChR8VloHis8uZ8eUK_lu0M2pFadgU8ol-3Wt/s1600/Concept+1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571069063550046626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYMrWuNZ9NSXf5GiXt6OAUPkNt6zXkrdC9N1xt67rDF_m_Gl89RdXEMXqKO8GjabHYVNJgy5-lhMTEu2ztCQ3suxCxR64l05uxHgFkUOpyChR8VloHis8uZ8eUK_lu0M2pFadgU8ol-3Wt/s320/Concept+1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 216px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Conceptual Site Plan</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpiKxALlYfS2FFKB8k3LTDcdRl3WtQGtzPQlmy61vttr6ryzxxdIqJnJBwFD2CEtmVHklehWayYejUmJ2DIxBtcpBX-R14c0orNmN_3pXA-TSR1IbXvr28nefE7d0yPbd9HwwhKytALX4/s1600/R1.1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571068893678256306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkpiKxALlYfS2FFKB8k3LTDcdRl3WtQGtzPQlmy61vttr6ryzxxdIqJnJBwFD2CEtmVHklehWayYejUmJ2DIxBtcpBX-R14c0orNmN_3pXA-TSR1IbXvr28nefE7d0yPbd9HwwhKytALX4/s320/R1.1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Main Street View of Renovated Retail Space</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2fd3ccgxqigJ0d7vFpHPz--ln-VNlC4bBH8RYRPvrBsbSVojNMob6iPrtGwfKoIjlnRAJyzj6R202lkiufJoc7W08nT0loCcKxQD5eGuKVZF0scUu7HHNTxTwFylzTDKMvJFxb4kjBNMB/s1600/R1.4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571068891630973650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2fd3ccgxqigJ0d7vFpHPz--ln-VNlC4bBH8RYRPvrBsbSVojNMob6iPrtGwfKoIjlnRAJyzj6R202lkiufJoc7W08nT0loCcKxQD5eGuKVZF0scUu7HHNTxTwFylzTDKMvJFxb4kjBNMB/s320/R1.4.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 266px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Retirement Community</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvyW684R8LAEiAE3ubur5BKSVBtpQX7Eaad1li1nV1l2ZbH8tnd9_HtmNGiAVbanZH--LN3HH7h6HuhFVSr3GmNYtc8Gd9NDCwD4sKCN9o8vr0Tb---zaPmDxMP_TiLh3SKe6mNcEkMRO7/s1600/R1.5.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571068884959975874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvyW684R8LAEiAE3ubur5BKSVBtpQX7Eaad1li1nV1l2ZbH8tnd9_HtmNGiAVbanZH--LN3HH7h6HuhFVSr3GmNYtc8Gd9NDCwD4sKCN9o8vr0Tb---zaPmDxMP_TiLh3SKe6mNcEkMRO7/s320/R1.5.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 233px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Courtyard of Retirement Community: Riverfront View</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJRmXcWHUH2cUDFSbOOHg7y7cCt3H2anjK7iuYpZ8nUOKNuLoV4tWPLIdVQMcypLqXNJ1UQCXAzuNLt05VoJc4znBjeQCHrVWDuB0tSYy5Vh2GkwHydfOXUGGGffFYDUA-DuWYS3yRTjLb/s1600/R1.6.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571068882496977538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJRmXcWHUH2cUDFSbOOHg7y7cCt3H2anjK7iuYpZ8nUOKNuLoV4tWPLIdVQMcypLqXNJ1UQCXAzuNLt05VoJc4znBjeQCHrVWDuB0tSYy5Vh2GkwHydfOXUGGGffFYDUA-DuWYS3yRTjLb/s320/R1.6.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 241px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Retirement Vehicular Entry</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0FNpIcO87Ky1z_mbXveeoo47_DA5pAzPutjIIcCKcWkvi-tQftFXhyWLFaDDP6CEsuXR8m2qzY79bFILS_7p1rvVyXyPoWAg4qKGz9d5fG_lQZdivYPqekFEpRKYf4PSFWoEnMvnnSYB/s1600/R1.7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571068872331581074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP0FNpIcO87Ky1z_mbXveeoo47_DA5pAzPutjIIcCKcWkvi-tQftFXhyWLFaDDP6CEsuXR8m2qzY79bFILS_7p1rvVyXyPoWAg4qKGz9d5fG_lQZdivYPqekFEpRKYf4PSFWoEnMvnnSYB/s320/R1.7.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 306px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i>Riverfront Park Bandstand</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div>Stay tuned next week when we will introduce design concept #2.</div></div></div><div><br /></div>

Wolverine World Wide Riverfront Development: Design Concept #1

This time last year, as one of two finalists, Visbeen Associates Inc was asked to create three design concepts for Wolverine World Wide ...

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