Developments

NOTE: This page is no longer maintained. It was a chronicle of the developments during the halcyon days of Grand Rapids' rejuvenation, when development was moving fast. A more scalable / maintainable version of this page is under development.

This is a list of major developments underway in Grand Rapids - it is in no way to be considered complete; however I do add a development if it comes to my attention. If you know of additional developments let us know.

The date is the date the development was first mentioned or was permitted.

Transit includes routes with stops within 0.25 walk miles of the site. "Housing Units" is bold to help spot where the number of units is over 100. "Parking" is bold when the number of units exceeds the number of parking spaces (indicating Grand Rapids' continued evolution into a "real city"),

Name Type Address Neighborhood Date Housing Units Value Company Parking Walk Score Bike Score Transit
10 Ionia Ave. NW Tower 10 Ionia Ave. NW Downtown 2016-05 200 ? Hinman ? 96 90 1,4,6,13,14,15
123 S. Division Avenue MU/Apartments 123 S. Division Avenue Heartside 2015-08 6 ? Uptown Housing LLC 0 96 74 1,3,6,13,SL
1513 E Fulton MU 1513 E Fulton Fulton Heights 2016-03 7 ? Peter Krupp 44? 83 67 14
1919 Leonard ? 1919 Leonard NE NECA 2015-09 ? ? ? ? 24 38 15
20 E. Fulton Apartments 20 E. Fulton Downtown 2015-01 96-108 $32M Brookstone Capital 110-130 95 77 1,4,6,14,15,SL
234 Market Ave M.U. 234 Market Ave. SW Downtown 2015-12 260 ? Maplegrove ? 68 83 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 18, 19
25 Jefferson Street Apartments (MU?) 25 Jefferson Street SE Downtown 2015-10 ~21 ~$2M Third Coast 18 94 77 1, 4, 14, 15, SL
25 Ottawa Commercial 25 Ottawa Downtown 2015 n/a 3.5M Franklin Partners 0 94 92 1,4,6,9,11,13,14,15,19,SL
50 College Ave SE Apartments 50 College Ave SE - 2016-06 83 ? Orion 96 66 70 4,6,16
50 Monroe NW Hotel 50 Monroe NW Downtown 2016-02 n/a ? AC Hotels ? 90 92 1,4,6,9,11,13,14,15,19,50,SL
56 N. Division Ave Commercial 56 N. Division Ave Downtown 2016-01 n/a ? 10M Franklin Partners 0 96 87 1,4,6,13,14,15,60
363 State St. SE M/U 363 State St. SE Heritage Hill 2016-06 ? ? Lott3Metz ? 78 72 4,14,15
608 - 644 Coit Ave Condos 608 - 644 Coit Ave Belknap 2016-03 32-39 - Artisan Group 37 67 64 11
616 On Fulton M.U. 616 Fulton St W West Side date? units? value? 616 ? 91 77 12, 15, 18
616 On Michigan M.U. 740 Michigan Ave. NE Midtown date? 50 value? 616 90 73 63 13,19,6(inbound),15
616 On Plainfield M.U. 1359 Plainfield Ave. NE Creston 2014-10 40 $6M 616 ? 79 64 11
733 Wealthy St M.U. (L/W?) 733 Wealthy St NE East Hills 2013 ? ~$8M? mixed ? 89 62 4,5
936 Front Ave. NW Apartments 936 Front Ave. NW West Side 2016 68 ? Woda Group ? 66 84 7,22
Arena Place M.U. 55 Ottawa Avenue SW Downtown 2013-06 100 $28M Orion ? 94 89 1,4,6,7,13,14,15
BOB Venue Tower Apartments 45 Monroe Ave NW Downtown date? 96 $33M Orion 0? 91 92 1,4,6,9,11,14,15,19,SL
Clancy Lofts Various Rental 601 Clancy Avenue NE Belknap 2013-07 66 $8M RJM Holdings ? 66 53 11,13,19,50
Diamond Place MU/Apartments 1037 Michigan St. NE Midtown 2015-08 168 $42M Third Coast 250 68 62 13,19
Embassy Suites Hotel 720 Monroe Ave NW Monroe North 2013 n/a $40M Suburban Inns ? 69 87 22
Fulton Square M.U. Fulton & Carlton Easttown 2015-07 47 $8.6M Orion / Concept Design 76 81 66 14, 19
Gateway at Belknap M.U. Coit & Hastings Belknap 2015 88 value? Orion ? 74 71 11, 13, 19, 22, 50
Kingsley M.U. 1415 Lake Drive SW Easttown 2015-06 42 value? Bazzani 91 ? 81 70 6
Klingman Lofts M.U. 400 Ionia Street SW Heartside - 83 $24M Michael Jacobson 78 89 73 1,2,5,SL
Knapp Corner Flats Apartments 3100 Knapp St. NE North East 2015-05 203 $24M American Kendall Properties ? 54 51 15
Lofts On Alabama Apartments 420 Alabama Ave NW Westside - 100 ~$20M 616 36 84 92 7, 9, 18, 51
MSU Medical Research Center Educational 155 Michigan St. NW Downtown 2014-04 n/a $88.1M ? ? 86 87 1,11,13,19,51,SL,22
GR Properties 1 M.U. Michigan & Benson NE Midtown 2015-07 287 +$50M RISE Real Estate 334 63 59 13, 19, 15
? M.U. 601 Bond Avenue NW Monroe North 2015-09 200+ $37M Nassau Dutch John Equities LLC 214 77 83 22
? M.U. Ottawa Avenue and Lyon Street NE Downtown 2015-11 ? ? Orion 500 93 89 6, 11, 13, 19
? M.U. 1059 Wealthy St SE East Hills 2015-15 44 23 Green Cane 55 87 64 5, 6, 19
? M.U. 449 Market Ave. Downtown 2016-02 44 ? ? 23 42 78 8, 18
601 Lake Michigan Residential Lexington/Lake Michigan Dr SWAN 2016-02 63 $19M ? 94 80 94 9, 12, 51
Morton Apartments 72 Monroe Ctr NW Downtown 2014-04 ~100 $25M Rockford 0 96 91 1, 4, 6, 13, 14, 15
New Holland M.U. 401 Bridge Street NW West Side 2014-10 35 $25M Rockford 35 79 92 7, 9, 51
Olds Manor (now "The Rowe") MU/Apartments/Condo 201 Michigan Street NW Downtown 2014-12 77+ $22-26 CWD 52 80 89 11, 13, 19, 51, SL
River Place MU/Apartments 1001 North Monroe Ave Monroe North 2015-10 35 $8M Orion ? 43 77 22
Studio Park M/U Area#4 Downtown 2016-03 ~100 $140M 616 ~900 ? ? ?
Third Coast Orange M.U. 601 Michigan Midtown 2015-07 18 - Third Coast ? 62 57 13, 19, 15
Third Coast Purple M.U. 555 Michigan Midtown 2015-07 8 - Third Coast ? 62 57 13, 19, 15
Waters Building M.U. 161 Ottawa Ave NW Downtown 2014-04 44 value? Visser/Edmark 0 94 89 6, 11, 13, 19, 51

The entry for "Midtown Village" has been divided into Third Coast Orange and Third Coast Purple. However, in the following section both are still listed under "Midtown Village". These are two distinct buildings in the the same project. The sum value of these two buildings is estimated to be $7.4M.

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Developments

1059 Wealthy St SE

  • Historic district site eyed for demolition, 44 apartments planned, MLIVE, 2015-12

    Redevelopment plans call for a new three-story building on Wealthy with 9,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor and 9,000 square feet of office space on the second floor. Up to eight residences could be built on a third floor set back from the street. Multistory row houses and apartment housing would be built to the north along Calkins and Freyling Place

1513 E Fulton

1919 Leonard

Due to opposition of the NECAA and a city-wide desire to preserve the remnants of the Pickerd Farm it appears this development is not going to happen.

20 E. Fulton

234 Market Ave.

25 Jefferson Street SE

25 Ottawa

449 Market

50 Monroe NW

This is a distinct project from the original proposal by CWD to develop a hotel on this site in 2014; see the list of defunct projects below. TGI Fridays left the adjacent space in November of 2015.

56 N. Division Ave

601 Bond

  • New $37M apartment building proposed north of downtown, MLIVE, 2015-09
  • New York developer plans $36M apartment building downtown, GRBJ, 2015-09
  • Developer secures brownfield funds, GRBJ, 2016-01
    • "City approves two financing requests for 16-story Bond Avenue project."
    • "City of Grand Rapids officials launched 2016 by supporting the establishment of the 601 Bond Neighborhood Enterprise Zone for the 16-story redevelopment project planned at 601 Bond Ave. NW, and approved a tax increment financing plan to reimburse the developer for up to $4.3 million in eligible brownfield activities. ... Although the developer initially planned for an approximately 13-story building, revised plans call for a nearly 172-foot, 16-story mixed-use building at a total private investment estimated at $53 million. The project would include 5,000 square-feet of commercial retail space at the ground level, five floors of ramped parking or 214 parking spaces, and more than 200 market-rate residential apartment units. The construction alone is anticipated to reach $41 million. ... The project is anticipated to have one- and two-bedroom apartments ranging between $1,265 and $1,813 per month, and to contribute nearly $63,192 in new income taxes allocated to the city. The developer also estimates the retail space on the ground floor will generate 10 new jobs with wages of approximately $10 an hour."
  • 3 projects, 552 apartments get green light for tax breaks, MLIVE, 2016-02

601 Lake Michigan

608 - 644 Coit Ave

616 Fulton St W

616 On Michigan

94,000 sq. ft.

616 On Plainfield

733 Wealthy

Listings indicate availability in 2016-01, take that for what it is - a listing claim. The previously available Live-Wealthy Facebook page is no longer available. Recent chatter indicates the project has changed hands and possibly been divided.

936 Front Ave. NW]

Arena Place

Completion expected in Spring 2016.

BOB Venue Tower

Clancy Lofts

While this project broke ground in late 2014 the site remains cleared and fenced with no additional activity as of 2015-10.

Diamond Place

168 units, 123 of which are subsidized. 15,000-square-foot retail; rumored to be an urban grocer.

  • Another apartment project proposed for Michigan Street's 'Medical Mile', MLIVE, 2015-08

    Third Coast Development is proposing to build Diamond Place, 150 new affordable apartments and four retail buildings along a block of Michigan St. NE. The site is occupied by Proos Manufacturing and Fabrication, 1037 Michigan St. NE, and the Party Cooler, 1001 Michigan Street NE.
...
Unlike the other projects, a majority of the one and two-bedroom apartments at Diamond Place will be affordable to persons at or below 80 percent of the "area median income," according to the application.
The application did not include a timetable for project.

  • Design plans submitted to city on 2015-09-23, Public Document, 2015-09, Public Document, 2015-09

  • Developer plans downtown residential building, GRBJ, 2015-10
  • Diamond Place to increase retail, housing options along GR’s Michigan Street corridor, MiBIZ, 2016-02

  • Third Coast expands beyond Medical Mile, GRBJ, 2016-04

    ...the company is nearly ready to break ground on the 150-unit Diamond Place, where the Proos Manufacturing facility currently sits.
Benedict said Third Coast closed on the property three weeks ago, and Proos is in the process of moving to a new facility on Oak Industrial Drive.
Once Proos is fully moved, Third Coast will begin an accelerated construction timeline, with a target demolition date of July.
“It’s going to be about an 18-month build schedule — very aggressive,” Benedict said. “That would hopefully target us to the end of the year in 2017, and there’s … tax benefits so we have a really aggressive schedule to hit that date.”
Third Coast is in “advanced talks” with a grocery store partner for Diamond Place, along with restaurant groups for two other ground-floor retail spaces....

Embassy Suites

It appears that construction or at least site-prep has begun on this site (2016-05), which is the build-start time mentioned in the 2014-09 MLIVE article.

Parcel#41-13-24-432-002 owned by Hotel Holdings Monroe Llc (as of 2016-05). The LLC's postal address on the deed is "6407 Valencia Dr Ne, Rockford, MI 49341" which is the office of Suburban Inns.

Fulton Square

Project formerly known as "One Carlton"

Gateway At Belknap

Latest reports indicate 88 market-rate apartments, 6,500 sq/ft restaurant, and 5,000 sq/ft retail. This project broke ground 2015-08.

GR Properties 1

Keeler Building

Kingsley Building

14,000sq/ft of retails space was opened in 2011, the first utilization of the space since 1954. Further development of the remainder of the building and the adjacent lot is currently underway [2015-07].

Lofts On Alabama

Knapp Corner Flats

Mid-town Village

The "mid-town village" project includes Third Coast Orange and Third Coast Purple. Mid-town Village is a campus including a hotel, medical facility, condo building, and these two mixed-use apartment buildings.

MSU Medical Research Facility

Morton

New Holland

Old Manor (The Rowe)

RISE Real Estate development on Michigan St.

Lead developer is Matthew Marshall

River Place

Studio Park

Formerly known as "Studio C!"

Waters Building

The Waters Building was constructed in 1898.

Unnamed @ Ottawa Avenue and Lyon Street NE

Completed Projects

Name Type Address Neighborhood Date Housing Units Value Company Parking Walk Score Bike Score Transit
616 On Monroe M.U. 820 Monroe Avenue NW Monroe North 2014-11 85 $22M 616 ? 65 84 22
Klingman Lofts M.U. 400 Ionia Street SW Heartside - 83 $24M Michael Jacobson 78 89 73 1, 2, 5, SL
Consumer's Energy Corporate 140 Front Ave. SW West Downtown 2015-07 n/a $15M ? ? 62 89 12, 18

616 On Monroe

Former Sackner Products Co. building, 156,000 sq. ft. 40,000 sq. ft. of retail on the first floor. On-site parking is in addition to rent.

Consumer's Energy

Klingman Lofts

Affordable units, apartment monthly rent is based on income.

Defunct Projects

Some projects have been announced.... and followed by a long silence. One assumes these projects are dead or at least moribund. Others have been killed by financing issues or NIMBYism.

Name Type Address Neighborhood Date Housing Units Value Company Parking Walk Score Bike Score Transit
Thresholds Co-op 1225 Lake Drive Easttown 2015-10 34 - GRACC < 48 86 66 6
12 Weston Commercial 12 Weston Heartside/Downtown ? n/a -

12 Weston

Thresholds

Other defunct projects.

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