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Detroit City Airport ALP Approved By The FAA
/in Detroit /by Tracy WillisThe Federal Aviation Administration has given a thumb’s up to the city of Detroit’s Airport Layout Plan (ALP) for the Coleman A. Young International Airport. The ALP is expected to net about $100 million for airport development over the next 10 years. According to Mayor Duggan, the too-short runway made the airport nonviable. The grants will be used to add new hangars, a control tower, taxiways, and to improve the safety of the existing runway. Plans for the return of the Davis Aerospace Technical High School to the city airport will also be funded. The city previously received $111,000 in state and federal monies to fund plans for the airport, including the ALP.
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Nonprofit Tackles Grand Rapids’ Homelessness Issue
/in Grand Rapids /by Tracy WillisMel Trotter Ministries is targeting Grand Rapids’ homelessness issue. The city planning commission recently granted approval to the nonprofit’s plans to rezone three industrial lots on Garden St. SE into a planned redevelopment district. Mel Trotter Ministries plans to build a mixed-use tiny home development called Hope Village. It will include 16 detached tiny homes and the redevelopment of a vacant two-story industrial building to add 10 workforce apartments upstairs. The ground level will be used for amenities, social services and offices and space for light industrial tenants. They tiny home will be 240 to 480 square feet. They will be available to tenants who make 20 to 40 percent of the area median income. They will also come with a path to ownership.
Grand Rapids Office Market Continues to Sputter
/in Grand Rapids /by Tracy WillisThe Grand Rapids third quarter office market vacancy rate hit 13.1 percent. The vacancy rate has been increasing since the pandemic as employees move between work-from-home and in-office situations. According to the real estate firm JLL, the market will continue its stops and starts for a while to come. Detroit’s General Motors is an example of the trend. The employer requested employees to come in three days a week only to rescind the request when employees pushed back. Grand Rapids suburban and central business district vacancy rates are one of the lowest in the U.S.