Grand Rapids city leaders pursued the purchase of the former Naval and Marine Corps Reserve property on Monroe Avenue NW just south of Riverside Park for a mixed-use development.
City Planning Director Kristin Turkelson says it would include residential, retail, community space and public river access.
” We called it an innovation center in the city master plan. The intention behind it was to accommodate a broad range of flexible employment opportunities, active ground floor uses along the streets and promote compact and walkable areas.”…