Jump to content

Venue Tower at the BOB - 20 Monroe Live - House of Blues/Live Nation Venue

Sailor

By Sailor
in Grand Rapids

 Share

Recommended Posts


  • Replies 959
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

thebeerqueer
thebeerqueer

Your pictures are very helpful and much appreciated. Keep 'em coming. 

MJLO
MJLO

Burj Dubai-Grand Rapids

metrogrkid
metrogrkid

Posted Images

tamias6 Town

tamias6

Posted
Posted

Not sure why their is criticism on this design.  Sketchup files are really only suppose to give a rough idea of what a project will look like,, I'll wait until the real thing is built before saying its pretty as lake Michigan during a sunset or looks like the rear end of a donkey. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 7 months later...
  • 11 months later...
grandrollerz Whistle-Stop

grandrollerz

Posted
Posted
I went to the basement of intersection I guess it's called elevation, and I was shocked at how nice the venue was. It had a very Top of the Rock feel to it with the multi levels and kind of half circle horseshoe shape to the dance floor. Great bar space great sound great lighting oh, I was very impressed for Grand Rapids. To say nothing of the fact that I went there to see drum and bass Act noisia and it was packed!

 

9/10 would go back.

 

Sorry couldn't find a live music thread so just putting this here.

 

Sent from my Acer Chromebook R11 (CB5-132T, C738T) using Tapatalk

 

 

efbf5aa312d8e549257f02fc01f06192.jpg

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 9 months later...
mgreven Hamlet

mgreven

Posted
Posted (edited)

Hate to dig this thread up for this...


https://mls.carwm.com/listing/30667067

I figured this kind of stuff would happen but it’s hard to see. Hope they find a buyer to keep it going. Still...Gilmore worked so hard on this dream for a decade and then this. :(
 

The BOB is for sale, too. 
 

Edit - Just saw the MIBiz article on it. Looks like they are trying to sell the real estate but not the business so they can survive COVID? 
 

https://mibiz.com/sections/real-estate-development/owners-list-20-monroe-live-property-for-16-5m

Edited by mgreven
  • Sad 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Guest

Guest

Posted
Posted
22 hours ago, mgreven said:

Hate to dig this thread up for this...


https://mls.carwm.com/listing/30667067

I figured this kind of stuff would happen but it’s hard to see. Hope they find a buyer to keep it going. Still...Gilmore worked so hard on this dream for a decade and then this. :(
 

The BOB is for sale, too. 
 

Edit - Just saw the MIBiz article on it. Looks like they are trying to sell the real estate but not the business so they can survive COVID? 
 

https://mibiz.com/sections/real-estate-development/owners-list-20-monroe-live-property-for-16-5m

So are they looking to sell the property and then lease it from whoever buys it?   I'm confused.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
joeDowntown Metropolis

joeDowntown

Posted
Posted
13 hours ago, Floyd_Z said:

So are they looking to sell the property and then lease it from whoever buys it?   I'm confused.

Yep, basically pull equity out of the buildings to save the business. If the B.O.B. stays in business, it's a pretty good real estate deal (if the price works out).

It is sad to see. What's even worse, it has to be heart breaking for the owners. Bars and music venues WILL bounce back, it's in the perfect location, and it sounds like they just don't have the capital to ride it out (unfortunately, I'm sure this is the first of many).

Joe 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
egrguy Burg

egrguy

Posted
Posted
11 hours ago, joeDowntown said:

Yep, basically pull equity out of the buildings to save the business. If the B.O.B. stays in business, it's a pretty good real estate deal (if the price works out).

It is sad to see. What's even worse, it has to be heart breaking for the owners. Bars and music venues WILL bounce back, it's in the perfect location, and it sounds like they just don't have the capital to ride it out (unfortunately, I'm sure this is the first of many).

Joe 

Especially with a vaccine... the eventual downward trend is in sight, I agree the decision must have been extremely difficult . I did see this from Ticketmater, Ticketmaster Announces Plan to Check Coronavirus Vaccine Statuses Before Concerts. Either a covid test or a confirmation of a vaccine. I am guessing this is probably not the only industry we could this is applied to.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
mgreven Hamlet

mgreven

Posted
Posted
On 11/19/2020 at 8:54 AM, joeDowntown said:

Yep, basically pull equity out of the buildings to save the business. If the B.O.B. stays in business, it's a pretty good real estate deal (if the price works out).

It is sad to see. What's even worse, it has to be heart breaking for the owners. Bars and music venues WILL bounce back, it's in the perfect location, and it sounds like they just don't have the capital to ride it out (unfortunately, I'm sure this is the first of many).

Joe 

According to this article in Local Spins, https://localspins.com/grand-rapids-20-monroe-live-the-bob-entertainment-complex-go-up-for-sale-local-spins/ they were planning on selling the real estate back in March but the closing fell through due to COVID.  So, this was the plan anyway.  

There's actually a really cool video series about several West MI venues there, too.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
grandrollerz Whistle-Stop

grandrollerz

Posted
Posted
On 11/20/2020 at 6:42 AM, arcturus said:

No problem, the government will simply continue printing more money til the worst is over.   What's $10 trillion in new debt when without it would be $20 trillion otherwise?  Inflation is going to be crippling in a few years.

This is exactly what should happen.  The Save our Stages initiative would do that and could use our help.

https://www.rapidgrowthmedia.com/features/081020saveourstages.aspx

https://www.nivassoc.org/take-action

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 7 months later...

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.