Studio Park - $140 Million Celebration Cinema/mixed use project

[joeDowntown]

Excited to see a few floors with the full facade in place!

[Cookin_peacocks]

From the Amphitheater site.

 

 

[Cookin_peacocks]

On 5/18/2023 at 3:58 PM, Cookin_peacocks said:

 

 

[joeDowntown]

Pics from today. We’re getting very close to seeing the facade above the other buildings:

 

[Cookin_peacocks]

I love this project. The tower just adds so much to downtown, especially the south end. It dominates the south end. Can't wait till these units open and the street activity increases further. 

 

 

Edited July 31, 2023 by Cookin_peacocks

[joeDowntown]

Saw this on Rockford Construction’s LinkedIn page. It shows both studio park and the Corewell building. 

This one is in memory of @GRDadof3, who had the biggest crane fetish on Urban Planet.  (To be clear, he’s not actually dead  

 

 

[Cookin_peacocks]

Off topic, but who owns this plot and why isn't something high density being built on it?

 

 

[WMrapids]

1 hour ago, Cookin_peacocks said:

Off topic, but who owns this plot and why isn't something high density being built on it?

 

 

555 N Monroe belongs to the city. Right now it’s used as an event venue and skate park. It will probably be a park in the future, at least that is what they had initially planned with the rapids project…

https://downtowngr.org/our-work/projects/555-monroe

[Cookin_peacocks]

Update

The bottom one I took Aug 4th, so it's a little out of date.

 

[GR_Urbanist]

Here is an as of yet unseen angle. From the intersection of Grandville and Wealthy.

Man, imagine if this was a 50 story? 

[joeDowntown]

Great shot!

Anyone know how many stories they have to go before it tops out? The plywood around the sides, plus the base of the building always has me second guessing my floor count.

Joe

[Cookin_peacocks]

Looking south down Monroe from the DeVos Place.

 

Does anyone know the purpose of the yellow apron that has been rising with the top of the building is for?

 

 

Edited August 16, 2023 by Cookin_peacocks

[joeDowntown]

Thought this was an interesting angle. Shows how studio park is starting to pop out in the skyline. 
 

[Cookin_peacocks]

From under Wealthy.

 

It's definitely popping. I hope another high rise goes in nearby to fill in the skyline gap between Plaza and SP.

[Cookin_peacocks]

The crane was raised a bit today 

 

 

Edited September 7, 2023 by Cookin_peacocks

[joeDowntown]

Good. I thought they were on the final floor. It still looks a bit stubby for 22 stories (including parking deck).

Joe

[Jonesey]

I'm just hoping they forget they have to stop adding floors soon and just keep going

 

[Cookin_peacocks]

On 7/28/2023 at 12:32 PM, Cookin_peacocks said:

 

Update from this perspective

 

 

[kevin8gr]

A view of the building from East Fulton street and up close from Ottawa ave. 9-23-23

[Cookin_peacocks]

Looks like this thing is just about topped off. They are working on the last two floors, which are offset from the east and west.

 

[Khorasaurus1]

The impact on the skyline from the south is dramatic, but honestly it's a little underwhelming from the north. It blends in with the 12 story muddle.

From the west it looks really disconnected from the rest of the skyline, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

[Zads]

On 6/29/2023 at 10:39 AM, Cookin_peacocks said:

Also, new signage going in at the old Grid70 building. The second one they are installing is "Acrisure"

And here's the reason. Acrisure has ALREADY outgrown its newly built HQ for 800 people. They moved into this location and are looking at building a bigger building than the 800-person HQ because of rapid growth.  There's no guarantee the new building they hope to construct is like the one in the rendering here (https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/real-estate/acrisure-plans-230-new-hires-need-for-second-downtown-gr-building-still-unclear/) but that would be great to fill an empty lot with something like that. I would imagine that's the lot they'll continue to work on because it's next door to HQ. Otherwise, I could see maybe across Oakes St., behind Van Andel as a key empty lot that could turn into a large building. 

https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/real-estate/acrisure-fills-more-downtown-office-space-as-company-outgrows-new-headquarters/

[joeDowntown]

It’ll be interesting. Sounds like it’s a sooner than later situation. My bet is they’ll be an anchor inthe Fulton/Market  development. Not only will they have a giant acrisure logo on the amphitheater, it would be pretty impressive to have couple of conference rooms that look down on the company logo  

in the article, they talk about the need for 2-3 times the space of their current HQ. That could be a good anchor tenant for a much larger building (with flexibility for growth). 

I also like the proposed building next door. One little nitpick with the article. Why didn’t the reporter flat out ask about that location? From the way it’s written, it seems like she’s speculating that there are no new details. As opposed to asking and getting a non-commital answer. Maybe she did, and it’s just worded oddly. 

Joe

[GR_Urbanist]

4 hours ago, Khorasaurus1 said:

The impact on the skyline from the south is dramatic, but honestly it's a little underwhelming from the north. It blends in with the 12 story muddle.

From the west it looks really disconnected from the rest of the skyline, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Near the corner of State and Jefferson it REALLY is spectacular with the sun to the east.

With zero competition, it really owns the view down there.

[Cookin_peacocks]

6 hours ago, Zads said:

And here's the reason. Acrisure has ALREADY outgrown its newly built HQ for 800 people. They moved into this location and are looking at building a bigger building than the 800-person HQ because of rapid growth.  There's no guarantee the new building they hope to construct is like the one in the rendering here (https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/real-estate/acrisure-plans-230-new-hires-need-for-second-downtown-gr-building-still-unclear/) but that would be great to fill an empty lot with something like that. I would imagine that's the lot they'll continue to work on because it's next door to HQ. Otherwise, I could see maybe across Oakes St., behind Van Andel as a key empty lot that could turn into a large building. 

https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/real-estate/acrisure-fills-more-downtown-office-space-as-company-outgrows-new-headquarters/

As far as I know, the building plan next door is no more. I've HEARD they are planning something elsewhere. Likely Market/Fulton