Medical Mile/Michigan Street Developments

[destijl]

Are the "rowhouses" that were behind it also gone?

[GRDadof3]

26 minutes ago, destijl said:

Are the "rowhouses" that were behind it also gone?

The whole thing is gone, the entire crack den.  It's amazing how many trees are on that parcel. Didnt really notice it before. I hope they keep some of them. 

[Pattmost20]

Driving by looking at the demolition of the building on Michigan and Sinclair today I noticed that brick building to the west of Bagel Beanery at 443 Michigan NE. Looked it up, says it is owned by MSU Board of Trustees. Anyone know if they have plans for it or if they are just holding it as an asset?

[destijl]

never mind. just a glitch.

Edited July 20, 2016 by destijl

[sparky05]

On 6/13/2016 at 8:49 AM, GRDadof3 said:

Pedestrian bridge over the highway, anyone? (Ed: Oh, wait, there's LaFayette. Forget it.)

Edited July 20, 2016 by sparky05

[Guest]

Perhaps another glitch, but I was looking at google maps to see the area by the Michigan/Benson project and saw a google landmark for Western Michigan University on Grand north of Michigan AVe.  I feel like google maps would be the last to know if anything was planned, but does anyone know if WMU owns any land in the area?  Probably a long shot, but I was curious since they just opened their med school a few years ago in Kalamazoo and have a few campuses in GR.  Maybe we'll see them along the medical mile soon?

[GRDadof3]

On 7/19/2016 at 4:59 PM, Pattmost20 said:

Driving by looking at the demolition of the building on Michigan and Sinclair today I noticed that brick building to the west of Bagel Beanery at 443 Michigan NE. Looked it up, says it is owned by MSU Board of Trustees. Anyone know if they have plans for it or if they are just holding it as an asset?

They bought that cluster of buildings 5 or 7 years ago? I think the doctors office on College on the other side of Bagel Beanery too. Probably just a buy and hold move. 

[GR_Urbanist]

On 7/19/2016 at 1:29 PM, GRDadof3 said:

The whole thing is gone, the entire crack den.  It's amazing how many trees are on that parcel. Didnt really notice it before. I hope they keep some of them. 

Hey isn't that the building that a developer had plans to put a Starbucks on?

[GRDadof3]

18 hours ago, GR_Urbanist said:

Hey isn't that the building that a developer had plans to put a Starbucks on?

Yep. 

[Pattmost20]

On 7/19/2016 at 0:00 PM, GRDadof3 said:

She gone! Don't know if Chamelly has plans?

 

 

Stopped in Martha's today and spoke with Kameel. He said 616 had approached him a while ago about a mixed-use development. For right now he is just tearing down and cleaning up the lot, not sure what he will do with it exactly.

[joeDowntown]

Welcome PattMost20!

Joe

[ctpgr34]

Not quite downtown,not quite a full service Walgreens,  but on the Medical Mile- https://mibiz.com/item/23858-walgreens-to-open-community-pharmacy-along-grand-rapids-medical-mile

Edited July 25, 2016 by ctpgr34

[GRDadof3]

31 minutes ago, ctpgr34 said:

Not quite downtown,not quite a full service Walgreens,  but on the Medical Mile- https://mibiz.com/item/23858-walgreens-to-open-community-pharmacy-along-grand-rapids-medical-mile

Wonder who the "awesome tenant" is for the other space that they mention.

[thebeerqueer]

Can we all agree that these two buildings are fairly hideous?

[mpchicago]

36 minutes ago, thebeerqueer said:

Can we all agree that these two buildings are fairly hideous?

I agree, not a fan.  The first renderings were pretty nice, and then they value engineered the heck out of it.

[GRDadof3]

1 hour ago, thebeerqueer said:

Can we all agree that these two buildings are fairly hideous?

I agree, they don't sit well on the sites, their balconies are..ummm... not really balconies. They look like giant bank vaults. 

[joeDowntown]

The "balconies" look like chain link fences strapped to the sides. For the most part, I've liked the other buildings in Midtowne (not a big fan of how the Hampton Inn turned out). These two are awful. The 616 building on Michigan is terrible IMHO too. Let's hope someone steps it up as they continue to build along Michigan.

Joe

[GRDadof3]

17 minutes ago, joeDowntown said:

The "balconies" look like chain link fences strapped to the sides. For the most part, I've liked the other buildings in Midtowne (not a big fan of how the Hampton Inn turned out). These two are awful. The 616 building on Michigan is terrible IMHO too. Let's hope someone steps it up as they continue to build along Michigan.

Joe

I definitely like the looks of the West Side projects better. 

[mpchicago]

38 minutes ago, joeDowntown said:

The "balconies" look like chain link fences strapped to the sides. For the most part, I've liked the other buildings in Midtowne (not a big fan of how the Hampton Inn turned out). These two are awful. The 616 building on Michigan is terrible IMHO too. Let's hope someone steps it up as they continue to build along Michigan.

Joe

Agree,  the 616 on Michigan is not my cup of tea either.

[RegalTDP]

I hate to pile on, but that's a terrible storefront for the pharmacy.  I think the look of the building could have been saved somewhat with good retail on the first floor, but that doesn't look inviting to me at all.

[GRDadof3]

Demolition at the Benson apt project. Only one house left. 

[GRDadof3]

I just drove by the 616 - Michigan Street project and wondered what was going on with 7 Monks. Lo and behold it's on the city's agenda this month for the liquor license request. 

[GRDadof3]

426 Michigan Street (across from the Meijer Heart Center) is getting a total gut and remodel down to the core and shell. It's the brown brick Spectrum building on the SE corner. 

[MJLO]

On 8/27/2016 at 9:21 AM, GRDadof3 said:

426 Michigan Street (across from the Meijer Heart Center) is getting a total gut and remodel down to the core and shell. It's the brown brick Spectrum building on the SE corner. 

Are you referring to the old HDCH?

[GRDadof3]

8 hours ago, MJLO said:

Are you referring to the old HDCH?

I don't know, this building here:

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9703537,-85.6639114,3a,75y,125.55h,91.33t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1XlLM4wizp8fHX9NPTdYEw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1