Woda Cooper Companies, Inc. said it was named a top winner in the USGBC Detroit Region Leadership Council Awards. Osborn Commons in Sault Ste. Marie was recognized as Michigan’s Green Building of the Year: Homes.
Senior Vice President Craig Patterson accepted the Leadership Award on behalf of Woda Cooper Companies. “This is a very unique project because it transformed a blighted site and replaced an obsolete, vacant building with a four-story housing community that is walkable for many downtown amenities, jobs, and services,” said Patterson. “In our 16-state portfolio, Osborn Commons is our northern-most property. This morning it was minus 14 with 20 inches of snow, so sustainability is what it is all about. We believe Osborn Commons was the first LEED Gold certified development in the city of Sault Ste. Marie and one of the first in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.”
