Spur Studios goes all Russell Industrial Center on Ypsilanti

Artists in Ypsilanti are about to get their own factory to churn out their work.Excerpt:More creative studio space is coming to Ypsilanti in the form of Spur Studios. The project is transforming vacant office space attached to an old manufacturing facility near Eastern Michigan University, 800 Lowell St., into studio spaces for artists and small businesses. Think Russell Industrial Center in Detroit but on a smaller scale.James Marks, founder and creative director of Ypsilanti-based VGKids, is spearheading the project. Spur Studios will turn 10,000 square feet of vacant office space into 30 studios. Those studios can be used by everyone from artists to musicians. The idea is to turn the long-vacant space into a cultural asset that attracts talent and innovative ideas.”The demand has been really strong,” Marks says. “We think it will be a model we can replicate.”Read the rest of the story here.