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Grand Rapids Airport (GRR) News and Developments
Prankster replied to joeDowntown's topic in Grand Rapids
Cool. My daughter has been working on the design for this for quite some time. They traveled to Hartford CT to see how there’s worked, and are modeling it after the one at BDL. -
We’ll, this part is disappointing: The development also calls for a 116-space onsite parking lot, which is above the maximum 86 spaces allowed in the traditional neighborhood — city center zoning (TN-CC) district where the project is proposed.
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800 block of Monroe Avenue in the Monroe North Neighborhood
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Monsoon is a great restaurant, glad to see they’re successful.
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Nope.
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My daughter’s architecture firm quoted this work, and it was to be an addition on land adjacent to the “tower”.
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https://mibiz.com/sections/real-estate-development/factory-yards-developer-to-seek-up-to-103m-in-transformational-brownfield-funding-for-grand-rapids-project Asking for $103m funding for a $150m project? Ballsy of them.
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Those corn fields are kinda important for producing food. Just sayin’.
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One theory is that the size of the average household is shrinking. Under that premise, the same amount of people would need more places to live.
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Studio Park - $140 Million Celebration Cinema/mixed use project
Prankster replied to joeDowntown's topic in Grand Rapids
I like this quote from the mayor about this project: “This building is changing our skyline and we need more like it to truly change and grow our housing system. We need to look at every vacant and underused property across our city as a housing opportunity.” it actually gives me some hope that the city will start actively supporting higher density projects, and work with developers to make them. -
I especially like this quote from Steve Heacock, the director of GR Whitewater: “We were being too progressive,” he said. “We were pushing beyond where the state was comfortable in going, and so we’re going back. They’re offering up kind of a 1970s-model of the engineering, and we’re going to go back and look at it and see what can be done within that structure.” Makes it seem like they were dealt quite a big blow to their plans.
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If the city has taken over, that will add another 10 to the projected start date.
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https://grbj.com/news/restaurants-1/construction-begins-on-new-sovengard-building/ Sovengard is back on track
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https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2023/03/new-pop-up-sandwich-shop-coming-to-grand-rapids.html New shop coming to the old Cherry Street Deli location.
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Studio Park - $140 Million Celebration Cinema/mixed use project
Prankster replied to joeDowntown's topic in Grand Rapids
Definitely going to rebalance the skyline a bit. -
Comparing those universities to gvsu is like comparing walnuts to watermelons, the scale alone is not comparable. and if you go to midtown Detroit (WSU) or downtown Ann Arbor (UofM), they fit into the urban fabric better than gvsu.
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My point is, they fit into the urban as much as a gas station. My bias has nothing to do with the aesthetics. They don’t go up to the sidewalk, they are surrounded by grass on all sides, they have blank walls facing the streets. Bad urban design.
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I just can’t get excited about anything gvsu builds, because they all have the “building in a park” design that would be better built out by M6. The exception is what they have on Michigan St.
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I agree 100%. I have often thought that something like Hotel Distil in Louisville, except built around beer instead of bourbon, and maybe not quite as many rooms.
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looks like a definite downgrade from the original plan. This one looks like it belongs on Lake Michigan Dr in Standale.
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Is it just me, or does it seam they are already shortening the buildings in the new rendering?
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He was big on taking advantage of the renaissance zone designation to sell units in his developments. Not that there was anything wrong with that. That is what they were there for.
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yep
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Still looks bad. The positioning of the building gives it a “tower in the park” feel, with no connection to the sidewalk whatsoever. Recladding that in glass will not improve it.
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I’m digging it because it won’t be putting a house on a big lot, but truly infilling a vacant parcel.
