Lake Orion goes for green with new building

Another environmentally friendly edifice is going up in Lake Orion, now that construction has started for the Orion Pointe Medical/Professional office building.

The 15,000-square-foot Stephen Auger + Associates-designed structure is at 214 Broadway Street near downtown Lake Orion. Construction is set to wrap up by October and appears to be on schedule.

"They have the masonry cores up for the stairs and what not," says Brad Klein, project manager for the Lake Orion-based firm. "We'll start putting the steel and wood up in the next couple of weeks."

The building has a number of green features, including renewable materials, siding from Auburn Hills-based Microposite, and efficient fixtures for water and energy systems. It shares a parking lot with an adjacent marina and a rain garden. Klein said the developer wanted to go for LEED status but couldn't make it work.

"It became cost prohibitive in the budget," Klein says. "We looked to pursue any green features we could."

The building replaces two older lake homes that were recently razed.

Source: Brad Klein, project manager for Stephen Auger + Associates
Writer: Jon Zemke

Lake Orion goes for green with new building

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