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After sewing up the final piece of an extensive public-private funding stack last month, the developers behind a 171-unit workforce housing project in Grand Rapids’ Creston neighborhood have now launched into construction.

LANSING, Mich. – Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) Board’s support for 171 apartment units in Grand Rapids as well as entrepreneurship activities through the Michigan State University (MSU) Research Foundation.

The years-long redevelopment of a historic factory along the Grand River into a 35-unit loft-style apartment project and new offices for Pinnacle Construction Group is set to be completed in November.

Mel Trotter Ministries, a Grand Rapids-based nonprofit providing services to people experiencing homelessness, will open its seventh thrift store this week.

MUSKEGON, MI - Two planned housing projects in Muskegon were each awarded $1.2 million from the state of Michigan.

A half-dozen projects that will add 300 units of low-income housing across West Michigan have secured a combined total of almost $8.6 million from the state’s latest round of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Construction is progressing on a five-story, 148-unit apartment building in the heart of the Bridge Street commercial corridor, with the project on track to open next year.

A developer and a Grand Rapids title agency have nearly sealed up the public funding component of a large mixed-use housing project that could potentially house workers or serve as a recruitment tool.

Leasing is now open for a 53-unit affordable apartment complex in Spring Lake that is expected to be Michigan’s first passive house-certified multifamily project.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - West Michigan shoppers now have a new place to buy fine gifts for that special person.

This week, family-owned, fifth-generation jewelry shop DeVries Jewelers reopened at 433 Leonard St. NW. It has triple the space, new jewelry lines, an upstairs bar and event space for special occasions.

An affordable housing nonprofit has taken over plans for a mixed-use apartment project in a southeast Grand Rapids business district after acquiring the property from the former developer.

Care Resources, a vital community program dedicated to promoting healthy and independent living for individuals aged 55 and older, is celebrating the construction of a new $7.1 million facility in Lowell. The state-of-the-art center, located at 11730 Fulton St. E., spans 16,500 square feet and sits on nearly 3.4 acres, positioning it as a key resource for older adults in the area.

The Grand Rapids City Commission has approved $3.6 million in brownfield incentives for the five-story apartment project proposed on the site of the vacant Duthler’s Family Foods on Bridge Street.

A developer and a title company are planning to add 181 units of mixed-income rental housing at an existing office property on Grand Rapids’ northeast side.

A metro Detroit developer behind a mixed-use project on Grand Rapids’ north side plans a similar, 150-unit project across the Grand River at the site of a former grocery store on Bridge Street.

The architect on the project is Chicago-based Gensler, and the general contractor is Grand Rapids-based Pinnacle Construction Group.

Construction crews started tearing down the long-vacant, former Lannings’ restaurant on Grand Rapids’ west side on Thursday morning to make way for a new DeVries Jewelry Store Inc. showroom.

Pinnacle Construction Group has started building what will be the first multifamily certified passive housing development in the state of Michigan.

A state board has approved more than $3 million in loans and tax incentives to support the development of a 72-unit, mixed-use project in Grand Rapids’ Creston neighborhood.

Nonprofit housing developer Dwelling Place has secured enough fundraising and incentive support to ensure all 42 homes planned at a Grand Rapids project will be sold under a community land trust model.