Amway Grand Hotel - Grand Rapids

[GRDadof3]

Per special request, here's a montage of photos of the Amway Grand - Pantlind Hotel side - opened in 1915:

and the Exhibitors Building portion

and the transtiional area between the newer tower and the old Pantlind:

(looking across the JW Marriott construction site)

[GRDadof3]

Here are some of the 29 story tower portion when it was under construction in the early 80's:

[ZachariahDaMan]

What a beautiful hotel. I am a Michigander but haven't been able to make it over to Grand Rapids yet

[Mith242]

Nice shots, thanks for sharing.

[ezcheese]

does amway actually own that hotel?

[GRDadof3]

does amway actually own that hotel?

Yes. And they own a new JW Marriott being built across the street:

I know they are not viewed in the best light at times, but they have pumped quite a few bucks into downtown GR.

[ezcheese]

are their headquarters there in GR? i actually work at a company owned by bill britt. we do all the amway a.k.a. quixtar motivational tapes.

[GRCentro]

are their headquarters there in GR? i actually work at a company owned by bill britt. we do all the amway a.k.a. quixtar motivational tapes.

Their world headquarters is in Ada, a wealthy Grand Rapids suburb.

Great photo tour GRDad. Everytime I see it I still think about how much better that new front enterance looks...