GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Grand Rapids-based minority-owned architecture firm has filed a lawsuit against Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC), alleging the firm was not adequately compensated for a renovation project completed in 2023.
The lawsuit claims that the firm was also denied additional work opportunities based on racial discrimination.
In 2023, GRCC hired SKO Design Group to complete a renovation project at Sneden Hall on the former Davenport campus in downtown Grand Rapids. Attorney Fred Butters, representing SKO, stated in a Zoom interview, “SKO was able to complete the work as required in the project.”…