[The State of Downtown Grand Rapids Retail]

On 1/28/2020 at 12:10 PM, jthrasher said:

I can't like this enough!  Richard has been a friend for a long time and I can't wait to see what this brings to downtown.   It's awesome to see the city acknowledging downtown retail needs help and creating this position. 

What is there to like about tax dollars being wasted on a new government position created to do precisely what the new GR employee seemed to fail in doing them self?  This has to be some kind of joke. 

There are plenty of commercial real estate brokers who already work on retail full-time, are far more qualified, and have sufficient financial incentive to fill vacancies.  If downtown retail "needs help" it's because the zoning is overly restrictive, there's too much supply,  or the rental rates are too high for the demand.  If any of these businesses need grants or other government subsidies to be profitable then they shouldn't be in business to begin with.

[Rockford Construction mixed-use project at Madison Ave and Cottage Grove SE]

4 minutes ago, GRDadof3 said:

The building with The Hubb LLC painted on it?

Yes, Rockford bought it from the Land Bank a couple years ago.  Nice inside deal that never hit the market

[Wealthy Street Mega Thread]

I heard Rendezvous was waiting on a liquor license before reopening.

[Wealthy Street Mega Thread]

For what it's worth, I'm pretty sure the new Pizza Hut will be one of their newer "Wing Street" stores, rather than the old red roof style some may be thinking of. Think bdubs ripoff... http://www.pizzahut.com/wingstreet/

[Redevelopment along 28th Street]

Drury Inn purchased the Knight's Inn land earlier this year, the Carlos O'Kellys real estate is for sale, and as for Smokey Bones, let's just say I'd rather they go the way of the Dodo than Carlos. Yeck.