Perrigo's New Downtown HQ

[Cookin_peacocks]

And she's up

 

 

[GRDadof3]

2 hours ago, Cookin_peacocks said:

And she's up

 

 

Dangit! The one time I'm out of town for a long weekend. 

[Cookin_peacocks]

34 minutes ago, GRDadof3 said:

Dangit! The one time I'm out of town for a long weekend. 

Well. Make some calls and tell them to get going on the Fulton high rise (across from the arena) and get another up! Win/win

[joeDowntown]

Awkward angle, but I found a webcam for the Perrigo site:

https://app.truelook.com/?u=sr1576233892#tl_live

Joe

[Cookin_peacocks]

Not great, but it'll do

[Cookin_peacocks]

Again, not great, but the stairwells/elevator shafts are going up fast. Furthest one is above the tree now.

 

 

[Cookin_peacocks]

And we have lift off

 

 

[joeDowntown]

Anyone know why there’s a gap in the concrete panels they added on to the parking ramp? I thought they’d fill it in, but now that it’s going vertical it doesn’t seem to be the case. Just curious. 

Joe

[Raildude's dad]

3 hours ago, joeDowntown said:

Anyone know why there’s a gap in the concrete panels they added on to the parking ramp? I thought they’d fill it in, but now that it’s going vertical it doesn’t seem to be the case. Just curious. 

Joe

A place for something artistic like the other building to the SE with the architectural corner detail hidden in the "alley"?  Only visible from inside the ramp? (see sarcasm emoji )

[GR_Urbanist]

I wonder if it is a ventilation thing for the ramp?

[civitas]

On 7/9/2021 at 2:06 PM, joeDowntown said:

Anyone know why there’s a gap in the concrete panels they added on to the parking ramp? I thought they’d fill it in, but now that it’s going vertical it doesn’t seem to be the case. Just curious. 

Joe

Looks like the elevator/stair core is filling in that gap.  

[Cookin_peacocks]

Coming along quick

[Cookin_peacocks]

[GRDadof3]

Some updates

https://www.woodtv.com/news/grand-rapids/perrigo-downtown-grand-rapids-hq-to-include-cafe-innovation-den/

 

[WMrapids]

Sounds like the café is on the top floor and there’s not much else going on for street-level interaction.

[joeDowntown]

5 hours ago, WMrapids said:

Sounds like the café is on the top floor and there’s not much else going on for street-level interaction.

Petrified doesn’t own the building, so I’d assume ground level / other tenants would be announced by Rockford Construction. As they get further along. 

Joe

[GRDadof3]

On 7/25/2021 at 10:19 PM, joeDowntown said:

Petrified doesn’t own the building, so I’d assume ground level / other tenants would be announced by Rockford Construction. As they get further along. 

Joe

I love how your autocorrect "corrected" Perrigo. lol. 

[joeDowntown]

52 minutes ago, GRDadof3 said:

I love how your autocorrect "corrected" Perrigo. lol. 

Haha. Just noticed that. Darn autocorrect!

[joeDowntown]

Drove around this weekend and took some photos. You can really see how this building is going to change the whole look in this area. Even though it's a liner building, it feels substantial. Also, at 3 floors (of 10), I have to think it's going to feel taller than the surrounding buildings. The whole development looks pretty impressive (Doug Meijer Building, etc).

 

[Cookin_peacocks]

Next four floors beginning to take shape.

[Cookin_peacocks]

Someone's gotta take pictures for you all

 

 

 

[GRDadof3]

2 hours ago, Cookin_peacocks said:

Someone's gotta take pictures for you all

 

 

 

Nice work!

[joeDowntown]

From today:

 

[GRDadof3]

18 hours ago, joeDowntown said:

From today:

 

Going to 10 stories total, correct? 

[joeDowntown]

1 hour ago, GRDadof3 said:

Going to 10 stories total, correct? 

Correct. 10 stories with the top 3 sitting above the parking ramp with a wider footprint. As far as I can tell, it'll top out a little taller than the MSU building next door. It definitely adds density to that intersection with the building sitting close to the street.

Joe