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Amphitheater, stadium developer mulls housing details for adjacent high-rises

The developer behind a Grand Rapids amphitheater and soccer stadium that envisions high-rise mixed-use buildings to accompany the venues is weighing the types of...
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Skyline-changing mixed-use projects envisioned with Grand Rapids amphitheater, soccer stadium

Nearly 750 apartments could be included in high-rise towers surrounding the proposed Acrisure Amphitheater and soccer stadium projects around downtown Grand Rapids, according to...

$15.5M grant increasing school district’s ‘access to higher education’

A foundation has given a university a $15.5-million grant to expand higher education options for a public school district’s students and teachers. With the grant...
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West Michigan’s population growth is hampered by housing shortages, leaders say

New U.S. Census data show immigration contributed to West Michigan’s population growth last year, though community leaders say the region’s housing shortage stands in...

Michigan tribes face ‘circular exclusion’ from key minority business certification

  As a citizen of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians and CEO of its non-gaming enterprise, Kurtis Trevan wants to leverage other corporations’ diversity...

Artificial barrier or lack of understanding? Tribal entities struggle to secure key minority business...

Business entities owned by West Michigan-based Native American tribes face a surprising roadblock in gaining access to programs used to grow minority-owned businesses. While tribally-owned...
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New drawings provide more details on soccer stadium plan

Grand Action 2.0 has released more detailed renderings of its proposed 8,500-seat soccer stadium on Grand Rapids’ west side as city planning officials prepare...
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Here’s what Grand Rapids residents are saying about the proposed soccer stadium

Grand Action 2.0 has taken its plans for a west side soccer stadium on tour over the past month, gathering public input during several...
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Factory Yards developer to seek up to $103M in ‘transformational brownfield’ funding for Grand...

GRAND RAPIDS — Developers behind the $150 million Factory Yards redevelopment south of downtown Grand Rapids plan to seek rarely used state tax incentives...
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New 8,500-seat soccer stadium could spur $408M in economic activity over 30 years

The soccer stadium Grand Action 2.0 and partners are working to develop is expected to have a capacity for 8,500 people and host 17...
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Downtown Development Authority to kick in $20.5M for Acrisure Amphitheater

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated with comments from Kara Wood of Grand Action 2.0. The Grand Rapids Downtown Development Authority will contribute $20.5...
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M&A Awards: Huntington-TCF merger creates second-largest banking operation in Michigan

The 2021 merger of Detroit-based TCF Financial Inc. into Columbus, Ohio-based Huntington Bancshares Inc. created the second-largest bank operating in Michigan. TCF Bank and Huntington...
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Amphitheater groundbreaking on track for spring 2024 as officials navigate moving parts

A 12,000-capacity amphitheater planned along the Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids is slated for a spring 2024 groundbreaking that would conclude by the...
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Developer plans $9M spec industrial project in Gaines Township

GAINES TWP. — Robert Grooters Development Co. plans to break ground in April on a nearly 200,000-square-foot speculative industrial facility just south of Kentwood...
A rendering of GVSU’s $140 million Blue Dot Lab, a technology hub planned at the university’s downtown Grand Rapids campus.

GVSU, Grand Rapids have a shared goal with $140 million tech center

Grand Valley State University plans to repurpose the Eberhard Center at its downtown Grand Rapids Pew campus into a $140 million tech center, in...
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Native attorney helps tribes diversify economy beyond gaming

Tanya Gibbs, a descendant of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, has a front-row seat in helping tribes in Michigan and across...
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Downtown Zeeland poised for ‘resurgence’ as 4 projects take shape 

ZEELAND — Four mixed-use projects and a $10.2 million street refurbishment are underway in downtown Zeeland, signaling a post-pandemic “resurgence” for the West Michigan...
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Tribally owned investment firm aims to build on 5 years of growth

As tribally owned Waséyabek Development Co. LLC completes its first five-year strategic plan, executives are honing their priorities to help guide the organization’s future...
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Standards ‘very high’ for Transformational Brownfield funding tool

GRAND RAPIDS — A tax incentive the city of Grand Rapids and an Indianapolis developer unsuccessfully pursued to transform publicly owned riverfront property has...

Perrigo building $13M distribution center in Holland

Perrigo is investing $13 million in a new distribution center in Holland that will create 40 jobs.