Credit John McNeill / WMUK Kalamazoo County has broken ground for its new court complex. The $97-million complex will be in downtown Kalamazoo. The County will move all of its circuit and district court operations into the new building on Kalamazoo Avenue near the County's administration building. Chief Judge Alexander Lipsey says the new facility will be, in his words, a “godsend.” "Having all of the different components that are presently are in the Michigan Avenue courthouse and the Crosstown courthouse all consolidated into that one facility will make things a lot easier and hopefully provide better service to the community."