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City extends agreement with JLL
Grand Rapids contracted Chicago-based real estate firm to evaluate city-owned property on Market Avenue.
A new amendment to the city of Grand Rapids’ agreement with Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) Inc. will allow the city to retain the firm until 2019.
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City doles out brownfield loans
Five projects, representing $93M in private investment, will share $1.76M.
The Grand Rapids Economic Development department completed work on a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Revolving Loan Fund Grant of $1.76 million.
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City says project pipeline tightens
Economic development report shows businesses committed to $173 million in new private development in 2017.
The city of Grand Rapids has released a report showing the number of projects in its approval pipeline dipped in 2017.
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Economic concerns must be prioritized
The Business Journal finds reason for continued caution in the reporting of greater Grand Rapids economic forecasts for 2018 and year-end statements summarizing 2017.
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Street Talk: On the right track
Junk funk.
A few of the last remaining major eligible Grand Rapids neighborhoods not already designated as a Corridor Improvement District took the first steps in receiving that designation.
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City may reconsider NEZ rules
Neighborhood Enterprise Zones could include material compatibility, affordable housing stipulations.
The wave of development throughout Grand Rapids is prompting closer scrutiny of existing incentive tools and building guidelines.
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Developer secures brownfield funds
City approves two financing requests for 16-story Bond Avenue project.
City of Grand Rapids officials launched 2016 by supporting the establishment of the 601 Bond Neighborhood Enterprise Zone for the 16-story redevelopment project planned at 601 Bond Ave. NW, and approved a tax increment financing plan to reimburse the developer for up to $4.3 million in eligible brownfield activities.
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Association elects Grand Rapids official to board
A director at the city of Grand Rapids has been re-elected to the board of directors of the Michigan Economic Developers Association for another three-year term.
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City office to start gardening process
New effort has goal of growing neighborhood business districts.
Although fall normally means an end to the growing season, the Grand Rapids Economic Development Office began tilling the concrete and asphalt fields last week to start a three-year economic gardening venture.
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City of Grand Rapids' Kara Wood joins new statewide brownfield agency
The city of Grand Rapids' Economic Development Director Kara Wood has been tapped to represent the city on the Association for Brownfield Redevelopment Authorities, a new statewide agency.
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