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Toledo looks to invest more into small businesses, despite tighter budget for economic development

Posted By: Toledo Blade on December 3, 2024. For more information, please click here to read the source article. The Toledo Department of Economic Development has big goals for 2025, but like most departments in the city, it’s preparing to operate with a smaller budget. Brandon Sehlhorst, director of economic development for Toledo, said the department views its […]

A new rush for downtown Mount Clemens

Posted By: Macomb Daily on August 25, 2024. For more information, please click here to read the source article. Downtown Mount Clemens continues to see an evolution of businesses with a growing roster of new faces and spaces coming into town during the past few months. Long known for its collection of bars, restaurants, and diners, the city’s […]

Metro Detroit retail is back: Here are the hot spots

Posted By: The Detroit News on August 12, 2024. For more information, please click here to read the source article. When Stein Mart began closing its stores four years ago, it left a large open retail space in the Gateway Center shopping center in West Bloomfield Township. The 26,772-square-foot space on Orchard Lake Road got a new use […]

Business Owners Remain Optimistic for 2023 Despite Projected Economic Downturn

Posted By: DBUSINESS on December 7, 2022. For more information, please click here to read the source article. Despite headwinds from supply chains, inflation, and labor shortages, small business owners are forecasting a strong year ahead, according to the 2022 Women & Minority Business Owner Spotlight, a new report from Bank of America exploring the outlook of […]

Michigan’s small businesses had a growth spurt in 2021, highest new job count in two decades

Michigan customers had lots of options to support a new, small business in 2021. They could get a “Millennial Lunchable” in Saginaw, an “all-beef dirty water plain dog” in Kalamazoo or BYOC — bring your own container — and fill up on cosmetics in Ann Arbor. Despite a labor shortage and a wave of resignations defining the first year after coronavirus […]

Unique programming supports local entrepreneurial spirit

Most entrepreneurs need some sort of jump start to get a business off the ground. That is the purpose of JumpStart, a nonprofit venture development organization that provides technical services and capital to Toledo-area Black, Latino, Hispanic and women-owned small businesses, said Vicki McDonald, JumpStart communications manager. “It is intended to help small businesses gain […]

Did you know?

Signature Associates completes thousands of transactions and over a billion dollars’ worth of business annually in local, national, and international transactions.
Signature Associates has 6 veterans or active duty military officers.
Almost 60% of Signature’s professionals have been with the firm at least 10 years.
Signature Associates consistently maintains 42% of the market share.
Signature loves animals! Over 60 professionals have dogs and 20 professionals have cats and collectively we’ve raised thousands of dollars in the last year alone for area animal shelters.
Signature is proud to be featured as one of the Best & Brightest Companies to Work For, Cool Places to Work and Top Workplaces.
Signature Associates and its team donate time and money to over 40 organizations throughout Michigan, Ohio and the United States.
Signature Advisory and Management Services team performed comprehensive construction management services for projects totaling over $60 million and managed more than 12.6 million square feet of commercial space for our third-party clients, making us the largest locally owned third-party property management firm in the market.
Signature Associates has completed more industrial leases than any other brokerage firm.
Signature Team Cares was formed in January 2017 to help further our efforts and long history of partnering with local organizations to improve lives and to benefit our communities.