GVSU Downtown Development

[egrguy]

Im not really familiar with the Niemeyer Center, good? Bad?

But it looks like this is slated for the Allendale campus?

[Yankee Fan]

Does anyone have updated pictures of the Engineering Building? How about some on the inside, too?

Thanks.

[mpchicago]

Does anyone have updated pictures of the Engineering Building? How about some on the inside, too?

Thanks.

Sparky has a shot from 11/21 on his Flickr site.

[GRDadof3]

GVSU sees $42 Million growth spurt

ALLENDALE TOWNSHIP -- An $18 million indoor athletic facility and a $20 million academic building soon will grace Grand Valley State University's campus.

The school's Board of Trustees on Monday approved the projects, and a $4.7 million electric and storm water upgrade, for a total project tally of $42.7 million.

GVSU grooms future engineers

Picture this, they were told: students using robots to put together computer boards...

....Plotkowski said there are 650 undergraduate and 50 graduate students enrolled in the program. That is expected to increase in five years to 800 to 1,000 undergrads and up to 300 graduate students.

[DwntwnGeo]

nevermind..... GRDad beat me to it again. I just need to be faster on the computer

Edited December 12, 2006 by DwntwnGeo

[AlexPKeaton]

So this is what, the 4th addition to Macinac Hall? I like to see GVSU continue to develop both Allendale and Grand Rapids campuses. The Allendale campus could really use the increase in density to feel like a normal campus, though I wish they'd tear up some of their parking lots.

[twoshort]

The 138,000-square-foot building, with 800 seats, will be on the west side of Laker Drive across from the Fieldhouse.

Can someone give me a better idea of where this will be?

[gvsusean]

The 138,000-square-foot building, with 800 seats, will be on the west side of Laker Drive across from the Fieldhouse.

Can someone give me a better idea of where this will be?

it will be right next to the tail gate area, tennis courts, and baseball diamonds

[torgo]

The 138,000-square-foot building, with 800 seats, will be on the west side of Laker Drive across from the Fieldhouse.

Can someone give me a better idea of where this will be?

I think this involves "tearing up parking lots" that someone mentioned earlier. GVSU's growth is just unbelievable. I barely recongnize the place, and I just graduated 2.5 years ago!

[twoshort]

it will be right next to the tail gate area, tennis courts, and baseball diamonds

That's where I pictured it, thanks.

[grrwymg]

I think this involves "tearing up parking lots" that someone mentioned earlier. GVSU's growth is just unbelievable. I barely recongnize the place, and I just graduated 2.5 years ago!

I hear you Torgo, I graduated in April '01. I was out there last in March '04 and I almost got lost trying to find my sisters dorm room to help her with her computer. I'll have to make a trip out there soon to check out wht it looks like now.

[GRDadof3]

Here's a rendering of the new rec center at GVSU, from the Business Journal.

http://www.grbj.com/GRBJ/ArticleArchive/20...+Facilities.htm

[torgo]

Here's a rendering of the new rec center at GVSU, from the Business Journal.

http://www.grbj.com/GRBJ/ArticleArchive/20...+Facilities.htm

Is this like the Fieldhouse? Or is it different?

[GVLaker06]

Its going to contain a football field with a track around it and some seating and a couple of classrooms.

This is going to replace the indoor track in the fieldhouse. Eventually, there will be seating all around the baskeball court, some chairbacks.

This building is going to give the football team a place to practice in inclement weather (playoffs), aleviate some of the pressures the fieldhouse has been experiencing and prepares us for further growth.

[joeDowntown]

A little too "pole building" for my tastes. GVSU has been doing a great job with their buildings, this one seems a little underwhelming but maybe it is the best way to get height for chucking footballs indoors.

Joe

[torgo]

I dont really like it either, but a lot of the buildings on the Allendale campus are rather ugly. However, the ugliness of most buildings is masked by magnificent landscaping

[GRDadof3]

Padnos Engineering School (downtown)

And a really interesting reflection of a sign on 131 being hit by the sun:

[GRDadof3]

Massive 1900 student development planned for Allendale campus

This week, the Planning Commission reviewed plans for the biggest proposal yet -- a 72-acre student village along 48th Street south of Lake Michigan Drive.

Dubbed 48 West by Grand Haven-based Investment Property Associates Inc., it would house about 1,900 students.

It calls for a mix of apartments and town houses, a fitness center, meeting rooms, study areas and outdoor basketball and volleyball courts.

The "town center" would feature three-story buildings, with retail on the first floor and apartments on the upper two.

[Thrillhouse]

Massive 1900 student development planned for Allendale campus

This week, the Planning Commission reviewed plans for the biggest proposal yet -- a 72-acre student village along 48th Street south of Lake Michigan Drive.

Dubbed 48 West by Grand Haven-based Investment Property Associates Inc., it would house about 1,900 students.

It calls for a mix of apartments and town houses, a fitness center, meeting rooms, study areas and outdoor basketball and volleyball courts.

The "town center" would feature three-story buildings, with retail on the first floor and apartments on the upper two.

Wow, stuff like this makes me wish that Allendale had things like this when I went there. I can still remember the long walk or rollerblade out to tiny Afterwards coffeehouse on 48th.

[NorthCoast]

GVSU Approves Yet Another Expansion/Renovation of Kirkhof Center

http://www.lanthorn.com/default.asp?intArt...rticleTypeID=NS

[joeDowntown]

The new buildings on the Allendale campus seem ugly to me. Quite pedestrian. It seems like a shame as they have built some real gems in Allendale and downtown, but these seem more like University of Phoenix type buildings... Not something that will be around in 50-100 years.

Joe

[NorthCoast]

The new buildings on the Allendale campus seem ugly to me. Quite pedestrian. It seems like a shame as they have built some real gems in Allendale and downtown, but these seem more like University of Phoenix type buildings... Not something that will be around in 50-100 years.

Joe

I would have to agree, granted, as far as Kirkhof is concerned there was a limit as to what they could probably do. They pretty much had to maintain the continuity of the existing architecture. While structures such as the downtown campus and some of the newer living centers were constructed in a classical meets modern style, these newer buildings seem to be completely of the modern almost suburban variety.

[GRDadof3]

The 1900 unit student "village" was paired down to 1400, and won planning commission approval in Allendale. Wonder where the other 500 units could go?

Student village plan gets early OK

[localtalent]

The 1900 unit student "village" was paired down to 1400, and won planning commission approval in Allendale. Wonder where the other 500 units could go?

http://www.mlive.com/newslogs/grpress/inde..._03.html#246385

Downtown?

Like this (again):

That building is 300 units, but they are luxury apartments. Scale it down for the college crowd and stick 500 units in it...put it on the south end of the downtown campus, close to the river.

Probably only lose a few million on it.

[GVLaker06]

This seems a little ridiculous. They are going to be pampered just because they are smart.

Honors College Living Center

Cost: $33 million. This is more expensive than anything else they have done. Anybody know why they would do this?

What: 40,800-square-foot Honors College located between two housing buildings. Includes two classrooms, a computer lab, a science lab, 16 offices. Also is supposed to contain a movie theatre for the honors students and a grill.

Update: Construction began at the end of April.

Move-in: August 2008