Kadushin Associates Architects Planners (KA) was established in Ann Arbor in 1975. The firm was formed upon the dissolution of The Urban Collaborative in Detroit, a public-interest, non-profit planning and design organization involved primarily in advocacy planning for community-based organizations in major HUD-financed urban renewal projects, Michigan State Housing Development Authority financed housing and community development programs, and municipal planning and design projects in southeast Michigan. Public and institutional community facilities, affordable housing projects and community designs for public bodies and private nonprofit clients are the major focus of Kadushin Associates' work. Clients include private and faith-based nonprofit housing and community development corporations, private sector for-profit developers and managers, municipal departments and public agencies, and other housing and community development intermediaries and organizations. The majority of the firm's work is located in the city of Detroit.

Current projects include new affordable housing and community design for Woodbridge Estates, the former Jeffries West public housing which is being redeveloped as a $92 million mixed income project, partially financed by a HUD HOPE VI Grant; historic rehabilitation of apartment and commercial buildings along the West Vernor corridor in southwest Detroit for Southwest Housing Corporation, providing supportive affordable housing; new 30,000 sf, $3.5 million facility for Alternatives For Girls.

"Community initiated and private economic development should be seen as an integral process that combines economic resources with the most economically sound planning principles."--Ernest Zachary, president

At SHW Group, we believe that our clients have the power to change the world through each and every student they impact. We strive to sustain this mission by creating learning environments that advance the exchange of knowledge so students are inspired to reach their full potential. SHW's extensive background in education and our commitment to creating effective, student-focused facilities guides every project we design. We have several LEED certified professionals in our group and we are a member in good standing of the U.S. Green Building Council.