Mid Towne Village

Mid Towne Village is an urban redevelopment master plan in the heart of downtown Grand Rapids’ rapidly growing Medical Mile. The mixed-use district, designed as a walkable, campus-like community, includes a 15,000-square-foot park and more than 200,000 square feet of building space across multiple structures.

The project’s program covers more than 100,000 square feet of medical office space, 60,000 square feet of professional office and retail, and 40,000 square feet of Chicago-style brownstone condominiums. Anchor uses include the Hampton Inn & Suites Grand Rapids Downtown, a women’s health center, the Purple and Orange mixed-use buildings on Michigan Street NE, and the brownstone residential condominium block.

Mid Towne Village required years of coordination with the City of Grand Rapids Planning Department, which involved acquiring 48 residences, working through the entitlement process with neighborhood associations and concerned neighbors, and structuring a financing package that could hold together across multiple buildings and use types. The result was the first project in Grand Rapids — and one of only two in the state — to earn Brownfield tax credits based on blighted conditions.

The district was awarded the Commercial Alliance of Realtors’ “Project of the Year” award for 2004 and was a finalist for the Neighborhood Business Alliance’s “Best New Construction” award for 2007. More than two decades later, Mid Towne Village remains the foundational large-scale redevelopment in Third Coast Development’s portfolio — and a reference point for the firm’s master-planning practice today.