Build it in West Michigan.
Third Coast Development designs, builds, and operates industrial build-to-suits and multifamily projects across Grand Rapids and the broader region. Twenty-plus years. $500M+ developed. The complicated deals others walk away from.
$500M+ developed ~$1B in real estate transactions $80M+ in incentives secured 600,000 sf industrial delivered Grand Rapids, MI since 2004
Industrial Build-to-Suit
From 50,000 to 600,000+ square feet, we deliver purpose-built industrial facilities on time and on budget. Site selection, entitlements, incentives, and construction — handled end to end so your operations team can focus on operations.
See our industrial work →Multifamily & Urban Infill
We bring overlooked buildings and underused sites back to life as places people want to live. Historic redevelopment, adaptive reuse, and new construction — grounded in the neighborhoods where we invest.
See our multifamily work →Selected projects
Recent work
Industrial
4175 60th Street SE
Kentwood, MI
600,000 sf industrial build-to-suit, fully leased to Proper Beverage Co. and Trane.
Industrial
Hart & Cooley Headquarters
Grand Rapids, MI
60,000 sf corporate headquarters and lab build-to-suit, delivered 2016.
Multifamily
Firestone Lofts
Grand Rapids, MI
21-unit historic adaptive reuse of the former Firestone Tire building, downtown Grand Rapids.
Industrial
SRS Distribution — Grand Haven
Grand Haven, MI
Industrial build-to-suit for SRS Distribution, a Home Depot subsidiary — opened May 2026.
How we work
Complex deals, structured cleanly.
Twenty years of layering federal, state, and local incentives — historic tax credits, brownfield TIF, OPRA, MEDC programs, and more. We know the capital stack inside out, which means projects pencil that wouldn't otherwise.
Relationships, not transactions.
Public partners, neighborhood stakeholders, brokers, tenants, lenders. The work is fundamentally about earning trust over decades, not closing a single deal. Ask anyone who's worked with us twice.
Grounded in the work.
We don't outsource the hard parts. Our principals are on every site, in every council meeting, on every call with the lender. When something goes sideways at 6 PM on a Friday, you're talking to a partner.
As seen in
- MLive
- Grand Rapids Business Journal
- Crain's Detroit Business
- MiBiz
- Rapid Growth Media
- WOODTV
“Third Coast doesn't just build buildings — they earn neighborhoods. Twenty years in, every project still gets the principals' direct attention.”
Have a project? Let's talk.
Industrial users, brokers, investors, and municipal partners — we'd like to hear what you're working on.