Grand Rapids brownfield redevelopment to transform blighted industrial property

Take a visit to Roberto Clemente Park in Grand Rapids and you’ll find a well-used soccer field, picnic tables, and a covered eating area. You’ll also be right across the street from more than 13-acres of blighted industrial property… for now. EGLE has become a big part of plans to turn that blight into new housing, new jobs, and a cleaner community.

The property at 655 Godfrey Avenue SW was first developed as a furniture manufacturing plant in the 1890s. It was later home to a spring and wire manufacturing facility and was used as a warehouse and office space. The other three parcels in this redevelopment project all had railroad tracks on them from the 1890s until 2022. At that point the new owner bought the land and paid for an environmental assessment.

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