Archive: Aug 2023
Lt. Gov. Gilchrist tours affordable housing site at fmr Grand Rapids school
August 28, 2023
SEE THE VIDEO GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist toured a former Grand Rapids school Thursday that will be converted into affordable housing units. The Michigan Executive Office of the Governor says the building will be transformed into 27 separate homes. “Our Make it in Michigan strategy… Read More
$150M Factory Yards could include affordable housing
August 28, 2023
SEE THE VIDEO GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Developers of a $150 million project planned in Grand Rapids are working with the city to offer some of the housing units at below market rate. Factory Yards is a multiuse development planned… Read More
Grand Rapids advances $103M incentives plan for Factory Yards project
August 28, 2023
By Kate Carlson Originally Published in Crain’s Grand Rapids Business A Grand Rapids board has approved a developer’s request for $103 million in “transformational” tax capture incentives, advancing plans for what would be the first project in Grand Rapids to use the state funding tool. The city’s Brownfield… Read More
Grand Rapids board approves $21.6M brownfield plan for Creston mixed-use project
August 28, 2023
By Kate Carlson Originally Published in Crain’s Grand Rapids Business The city of Grand Rapids has advanced a nearly $21.6 million brownfield plan for the first phase of a large mixed-use project planned at the former Display Pack building in the city’s Creston neighborhood. The Grand Rapids Brownfield… Read More
Whitmer’s order to speed permitting may help housing developers, but other hurdles remain
August 16, 2023
By Rachel Watson, Crain’s Grand Rapids Business GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The state is targeting faster permitting as one way to expedite housing projects, but local developers say more significant hurdles stand in the way of construction timetables. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer this month signed an executive directive to… Read More