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Redevelopment of the former Sears property off East Michigan Avenue is turning into an exercise in patience for Gillespie Group, its owner.

Improvements are on the way for the construction of Depot Trail Head Park in Big Rapids. Thanks to approved funding from a special Michigan Strategic Fund meeting last week, 17 projects totaling up to $41 million dollars from all over the West Michigan region will be helped by the collaborative Revitalization and Placemaking Program, or RAP. “City staff is excited about the opportunity to develop Depot Park into a welcoming park for those visiting the City using the newly pa...

OWOSSO — All Owosso residents are familiar with Curwood Castle. They can be forgiven if they are less familiar with Curwood Place — after all, it doesn’t quite exist yet.

LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 13, 2023) - Three area projects, including the proposed permanent outdoor community ice skating park in Holland, are get...

The Right Place Inc. is directing $6.2 million from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. to more than a dozen projects across West Michigan, including creating a marketplace in the city of Wyoming, improving the riverfront Canal Park in Grand Rapids, and restoring Sullivan Field.

MARQUETTE — The city of Marquette is one of two Upper Peninsula communities to receive statewide placemaking grants through the Michigan Economic Development

This comes amidst the city's daunting task, as the Ottawa and Kent County Based group Housing Next, says that the city will need more than 14,000 new units by 2027.

Development at Kalamazoo Street would be downtown's first to combine affordable and market-rate housing with retail space, officials said.

TRAVERSE CITY — Planning commissioners gave the nod to a project that aims to extend the Traverse Area Recreation and Transportation Trail along Traverse City’s bayside and widen the existing