An iconic restaurant building in Grand Rapids’ Creston Neighborhood is coming back to life this year with a $1 million transformation into Echo Salon, the third location for the locally-owned business.
Echo Salon owner Melissa Looman purchased the former Red Ball Jet Cafe at 1431 Plainfield Ave. NE on May 2 for $675,000, according to property records. Over the coming months, she plans to renovate the property into a 10-chair hair salon, which a goal for opening by October.
Constructed in 1900, the approximately 1,700-square-foot building was initially occupied by Kent State Bank…