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GR Press moving

jas49503 — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:02:30 +0000

this update is awful. I hardly go there anymore because it's just to painful to look at. not to mention that it doesn't display correctly on my iphone.

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City looking for development proposals for Fulton & Ionia surface lot

JRich2425 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:28:12 +0000

Joe,

Can you get your hands on the preliminary renderings from your reliable source? Even if they are very preliminary, it would be interesting to see what people are invisioning for this space.

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Rumors of interested party for USPS

SupercityGR — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:49:01 +0000

There better used for the space then whats there and demand has pushed them out.

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joeDowntown — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:16:28 +0000

I find it interesting that the GR Press site and the Post Office may get reused in the near (or not so distant future). Boy how the world is changing; the USPS and newspapers struggling in the digital age.

Joe

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Division / Wealthy and ICCF

joeDowntown — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:13:33 +0000

Cool pic of the after / during construction phase. This project will add some nice density to the see of parking lots around it.

Joe

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City looking for development proposals for Fulton & Ionia surface lot

joeDowntown — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:11:01 +0000

Agreed. I think more apartments would do well downtown. Seems like 38 and Gallery are always full / near capacity.

Joe

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Year round market planned for downtown Grand Rapids

wingbert — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:56:10 +0000

St. Lawrence Market in Toronto is a blast. It's great to see something similar taking shape here.
http://www.stlawrencemarket.com/

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GR Press moving

RegalTDP — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:51:31 +0000

Bleaaaaargh!!

Looks like a cross between Drudge Report and the Yellow Pages.

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Year round market planned for downtown Grand Rapids

GRDadof3 — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:02:46 +0000

Should probably move these posts to here. More demo:

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Division / Wealthy and ICCF

SupercityGR — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:56:18 +0000

That is going to look very nice

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Division / Wealthy and ICCF

John E — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:15:32 +0000

http://www.facebook.com/jim.reminga

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GR Press moving

Veloise — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:57:48 +0000

A message from Sinks:

My first column in REVUE Magazine appears this week, along with a feature on Drew Nelson, and my blog is well under way. Can you do me a big favor: Please sign up for email updates on my new website, www.localspins.com, and ask your Facebook friends/musicians to do the same. I need all the traffic I can get as this thing gets launched.

Disclosure: we're FB friends.

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Beer

mpchicago — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:42:43 +0000

More good press for the Grand Rapids, and Michigan beer scene.

http://www.motortren...ac_cts_v_wagon/

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Year round market planned for downtown Grand Rapids

SupercityGR — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:56:42 +0000

From what i understand there close to the 29 million already. Im sure some good public donations can push them across the finish line.

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Year round market planned for downtown Grand Rapids

fotoman311 — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:44:26 +0000

jdkacz, on 01 February 2012 - 09:36 PM, said:

I wonder when they will take this to the public? IE - pay $50 for a brick with your name on it. I like the buzz going on south of downtown.

They'd need to sell far too many bricks to put a dent in $29 million. I doubt we'll see a public campaign for this market that doesn't exist yet and doesn't have an existing constituency to target.

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City looking for development proposals for Fulton & Ionia surface lot

SupercityGR — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:30:05 +0000

Iv been trying to find a nice apartment for a while. Everyone i talk to is full and puts me on the waiting list. Just look at icon and bond, they turned into apartments and filled fast.

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Traverse City

jdkacz — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:46:18 +0000

The Meijer in Acme Township is finnally moving forward after nearly a decade of legal wrangling/approval process. I hope it was worth the battles...

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Grand Rapids Restaurant Rumor Mill

jdkacz — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:44:40 +0000

Houlihan's is opening in the new development at Breton Village this spring.

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GR Food Co-Op

jdkacz — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:42:35 +0000

I wonder how the Co-op will handle the opening of the new Farmers Market on Division, I have to assume a lot of the same vendors will frequent both locations and some may choose the flexibility of the market over the once a month system at the co-op.

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Beer

jdkacz — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:40:42 +0000

Harmony Brewing in Eastown is finally opened... I drove by today (after a visit to Founders which was packed) and was going to stop in for a pint, but the place had a full crowd. I am somewhat surprised by the business these local breweries are pulling in on mid-week nights. The growth is certainly exciting for a beer afficiando!

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City looking for development proposals for Fulton & Ionia surface lot

jdkacz — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:38:01 +0000

With UICA doing well with its apartments and this to me a better location - is the price per square foot conducive to building more apartments?

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Year round market planned for downtown Grand Rapids

jdkacz — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:36:43 +0000

I wonder when they will take this to the public? IE - pay $50 for a brick with your name on it. I like the buzz going on south of downtown.

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Cascade Township developer in talks with new grocer

jdkacz — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:34:44 +0000

I see a Trader Joe's being successful in GR much sooner then a Whole Foods. They actually have a lot of decent priced stuff... I don't see a Whole Foods being dramatically different then the D&W on the Beltline.

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Rumors of interested party for USPS

jdkacz — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:32:22 +0000

I could see any possible relocation heading near the airport. But, unless there is something brewing, I don't see the USPS moving anytime soon. Sure its a great piece of real estate, but I don't think that's in question. Downtown could use some more apartments (I read that the UICA building was nearly 100% occupied) but that doesn't seem profitable enough for that lot DT.

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Rumors of interested party for USPS

GRDadof3 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:29:47 +0000

A whole slew of Grooters big white boxes are on the auction block. I can see the USPS moving into one of those for cheap.

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Cascade Township developer in talks with new grocer

Dutch — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:24:46 +0000

mpchicago, on 26 January 2012 - 08:10 AM, said:

That can't be true. Madison, WI has a Metro population somewhere north of 500,000, and Omaha, NE has a Metro population north of 800,000. Both have stores. If you use the old, and I would say correct boundary of the metro area, Grand Rapids has a population of over 1,000,000. I think it's based on, among other things, concentration of high incomes, and college educated people. Apparently GR doesn’t cut the mustard for their demo. I think Wholes Foods also doesn’t want to try to compete in a town that has a high a concentration of locally owned, established stores that have serious loyalty. Not many outsiders have faired well in GR over the years. If I was to guess, I think it might be Farmington Hills based Plum Market. We will see.

That's what their real estate contact told me when we spoke a year or two ago. I told him about the old MSA, but he said it was too wide spread. Maybe things have changed since then... I know a lot of people who would like to see a WF in GR.

The father of a good friend of mine calls the store "Whole Paycheck." Haaa

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GVSU Development News

Modernist — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:04:25 +0000

The new library out in Allendale is now taller than Kirkhof Center. Seems like that frame is going up quickly, too. I was going to get pictures, but I can't get on the site. These are up to date, though:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63566430@N07/6795360749/in/photostream/

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Rumors of interested party for USPS

SupercityGR — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:14:05 +0000

i could see some new housing being built there. There isnt many apartment choices downtown. With the mile expanding, people are gonna wanna live somewhere. Young nurses and doctors could easily wanna live the pie in the sky life style. It would be a very easy walk to there job (or school). Build a parking ramp under it and make its neighbor olds manor into apts as well. Win win win situation

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Rumors of interested party for USPS

John E — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:06:07 +0000

Is CWD now willing to pay for a new postal facility?
The USPS has ruled to not build any new facilities.
They would need to close it down with consolidations and I don't see that as being a viable option with Grand Rapids being such a large area and the need for the processing facility.

I see this as a publicity stunt to try to change the rules.

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Rumors of interested party for USPS

wingbert — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:59:25 +0000

I had high hopes that freeing up the GR Press building would lead to redevelopment of Old Manor but that went away with the MSU purchase. Since the USPS has struggled financially I've assumed there would be no way they could afford to move that facility and I believe they've even said something to that effect in recent years. I would think someone with deep enough pockets could build a facility elsewhere and offer the USPS a purchase price for the current facility and lease arrangement in the new location that would be financially favorable to that cash-strapped organization. It would be very cool for downtown GR to see that area of town take off.

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MJLO — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:58:05 +0000

The story basically said someone, somewhere, MIGHT be trying to purchase the post office property. It would definitely be awsome, but I dont like to get to worked up over something so vague. I'm suprised they went with it. It's almost as if the people in Kzoo are missing the Geha and wish to create their own fake hyped up developer story.

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Rumors of interested party for USPS

SupercityGR — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:11:43 +0000

Joedowntown

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Seems like a foregone conclusion this WILL happen. The question is, which decade.

Ha!

So im guessing Devos, GVSU, CWD, or Rockford Construction

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Rumors of interested party for USPS

organsnyder — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:57:45 +0000

walker, on 31 January 2012 - 04:33 PM, said:

Not sure but I don't think USPS even owns the building.

They own it:
https://is.bsasoftware.com/bsa.is/AssessingServices/ServiceAssessingDetails.aspx?p=41-13-24-480-001&dp=41-13-24-480-001&i=1&appid=0&unit=115

No sale records listed, either, which means they've owned it for a couple of decades, at least.

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Rumors of interested party for USPS

joeDowntown — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:30:18 +0000

Seems like a foregone conclusion this WILL happen. The question is, which decade.

Joe

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Rumors of interested party for USPS

jas49503 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:19:27 +0000

the article says that someone is interested. I know of at least one other person that is interested. of course, I don't have any money or contacts to pull a deal together. lets hope the other person is in a better position than me.

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Rumors of interested party for USPS

GRDadof3 — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:10:12 +0000

Rizzo, on 31 January 2012 - 03:41 PM, said:

WWMT was given information on a plan for the Michigan St. USPS facility. http://www.wwmt.com/...grand-real.html
No details, expect that there will be more birdies or whatever in the next few months.

The story was buried quite quickly. Let's hype this.

Sounds like a bunch of unsubstantiated rumors and heresay to me.

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Rumors of interested party for USPS

walker — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:33:31 +0000

Rizzo, on 31 January 2012 - 03:41 PM, said:

Not sure but I don't think USPS even owns the building. I can remember a story decades ago now when there was a problem with the deicer on the ramp to the upper level. The story quoted the building's owner which wasn't the USPS (they built a roof over the ramp rather than fix the deicer system.) The way everyone has talked about it as if USPS owns it, I've assumed maybe they had bought it since then. For what it's worth though, one of the commenters in Rizzo's post seems to think it is leased too with the lease expiring 2014. Mlive commenters are always right aren't they?

EDIT: Wait a second, it wasn't mlive, it's WWMT, I'm not sure about their commenters.

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SupercityGR — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:17:42 +0000

Wow! First the press and now this. Almost time to pop the cork It would be nice to see another plaza towers type building (also amway)

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Rumors of interested party for USPS

Rizzo — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:07:18 +0000

Do they do any distribution there?

Where's the streetcar?

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Transit Updates for Greater Grand Rapids

Rizzo — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:57:02 +0000

RegalTDP, on 16 January 2012 - 11:01 AM, said:

Residents of Hudsonville will be voting in May whether or not to join the Rapid:
http://www.mlive.com...ld_put_hud.html

If the measure does pass, I think we can consider the city a fully-fledged member of Greater GR, and welcome them accordingly.

However, should there be any future ballot measures similar to what we had in May, their inclusion in the voting pool will probably make passing such measures more difficult... Just sayin'.

That's probably one reason why it won't pass. To some Ottawa county burbs the City of Grand Rapids is the boogie man. Anything can happen though, the birthplace of public transit advocacy was in the southwest suburban areas.

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