Seven buildings will come down next month to make way for $27 million Grand Rapids Urban Market | MLive.com
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Overall view depicting the building, with rooftop greenhouses and the vendor's market shed.
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GRAND RAPIDS - Demolition is expected to begin next month for the $27 million planned Urban Market. The proposed year-around indoor market on Ionia Avenue between Wealthy and Logan streets is slated to open in 2013.
Initial site work including installing a safety fence, removing salvage materials, site evaluations and assessments has been completed. The seven buildings on the property will be razed during the demolition process.
The DDA is awaiting approval of a $1 million grant from the Department of Environmental Quality to help pay the cost of the demolition and the market's construction. Grand Action, the private group that led efforts to build the Van Andel Arena and DeVos Place, is working with the Downtown Development Authority to raise more funds.
The project has already received a $5.4 million grant from the Michigan Economic Growth Authority. On Wednesday, the DDA approved a request authorizing Grand Action to proceed with bidding out the demolition project. That process will be overseen by Pioneer Construction which is serving as project manager.
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