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Fight to prevent home foreclosure comes to GR
State agency joins forces with city’s religious and political communities.
The Michigan State Housing Development Authority launched a new partnership with the faith community in Grand Rapids last week to prevent home foreclosures.
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Grand Rapids reviving policy on tax-foreclosed properties
The new version is expected to bring county land bank into the picture.
The city of Grand Rapids is rewriting its policy of how to handle tax-foreclosed properties, which are usually residences.
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Key Uptown BID vote is underway
Property owners will decide fate of business improvement district.
Voting begins this week to determine whether property owners on the southeast side of Grand Rapids want to establish the Uptown Business Improvement District, pay a special property assessment and enact the district’s marketing and development plan.
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Industrial market turns positive
CBRE reports vacancy is down, while building value is up for some.
The overall vacancy rate for the county’s leaseable industrial real estate space fell to 13.9 percent at the beginning of this year.
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State Street is open for business
Organizers of weekend urban intervention draw a large crowd.
A grassroots development idea turned into a two-day showcase on State Street on a recent weekend, and the result from the Build a Better Block campaign is that the street is now open for business.
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H&M fills racks at Woodland Mall this fall
The announcement that Colliers International of West Michigan made in early March has been made official.
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Can we find the lights?
As a naturally optimistic and positive person, the tragic events at the Boston Marathon drained my glass — a glass that used to be half full.
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Spring Parade of Homes maps 2013 listings
Koetje Builders, Gary Byker and Jannel Joppie, Muston Construction, Advanced Homes, Cutting Edge Builders and Sable Homes — along with a host of other designers and builders — are anxious to display their latest creations in the Spring Parade of Homes, which starts Friday.
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The Ballroom at McKay opens with historic look
Mayor George Heartwell took one look and said, “Wow.”
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Well House doubles homeless housing with $257K from W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Well House announced that it has received a $257,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation that will allow it to purchase three additional houses to serve as permanent residences for the local homeless population.
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