http://www.urbanpharm.com/blog Houses, Apartments, and Property Management Services in Grand Rapids Thu, 13 May 2010 20:25:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Update: It's been nearly two years since we first posted this project. We thought we would never be able to follow-up with a completed version after the owner listed it for sale. Fortunately, one of our clients is the new owner and just finished remodeling the property. Pictures below. ... http://www.urbanpharm.com/blog/?p=890 Great house. From the outside, you would never expect what is inside. The lot that the house was built on was originally purchased in 1914. Construction of the home took 14 years, and was wrapped up in 1928. The house never left the possession of the family, being passed through ... http://www.urbanpharm.com/blog/?p=2673 After a successful contest last year, and positive feedback throughout the fall and winter, we are pleased to announce the Second Annual Urban Pharm Urban Farm Contest. The contest starts now, and ends on midnight 7/31/10. The Contest Contestants must create and maintain a garden. It can be a vegetable or flower ... http://www.urbanpharm.com/blog/?p=2668 Update: Almost ready to go! Originally posted 10/23/2009: This duplex is quite the project. I do not envy the contractors working on this one. Our client asked us to do a walkthrough before ... http://www.urbanpharm.com/blog/?p=2593 While looking through some old folders in my computer, I stumbled across some images created when we started Urban Pharm about 3 years ago. These images existed before we had a logo, and were intended as concepts to be used for various marketing materials--flyers, website headers, logo, etc. ... http://www.urbanpharm.com/blog/?p=2655 ArtPeers announces an open call for submissions of original, local music, through 01.21.10. The groundbreaking modern dance collective DITA (Dance in the Annex) will set new choreography to four of the submitted tracks. The musicians will perform live at Wealthy Theatre, accompanying DITA, and playing additional songs of their choice. ... http://www.urbanpharm.com/blog/?p=2650 Update: This property is just about ready for new residents. A great deal of work was done to the structure to level the floors on the main level. Supports were added, beams were replaced, and the entire house was jacked up (in the literal sense...not the slang sense). ... http://www.urbanpharm.com/blog/?p=2606 Update: That was a quick one. All done! Originally posted 11/14/2009: This is a cool duplex, kiddy-corner from a tavern and a stones throw from Leonard St. businesses. We have been pretty ... http://www.urbanpharm.com/blog/?p=2616 This is about as random of a blog post as they get, but I thought some of our clients may be interested in seeing who is coming to our website (this blog included, but as a very small component). Others may get a kick out of who is ... http://www.urbanpharm.com/blog/?p=2634 Here we are a week and a half away from the infamous Black Friday and two weeks from Cyber Monday. As we sift through our closets to see what we can re-gift, look at the naughty list to see who we can skimp on, and analyze the budget and ... http://www.urbanpharm.com/blog/?p=2622