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Jan 6, 2026

Tech firm to buy former Rockwell Republic building, relocate offices downtown

Array of Engineers plans to work with Cella Building Co. to renovate the inside of former restaurant Rockwell Republic building

Sep 2, 2025

New developer plans $3.5M mixed-use project at vacant phone store on southeast side

A longtime Grand Rapids property owner plans to invest about $3.5 million to redevelop vacant property along a bustling southeast side corridor into housing and commercial space with backing from the city.

Fred Morales plans to demolish this Metro by T-Mobile store he owns at 40 Martin Luther King Jr. St. SE, to make way for a 16-unit mixed-use development. Credit: Rachel Watson, Crain's Grand Rapids Business

Jun 10, 2025

GR program for "emerging" developers has invested $2M to spur housing units

A relatively new grant program for “emerging” developers has so far deployed nearly $2 million to support more than a dozen projects that could add up to 261 housing units across the city of Grand Rapids.

Renderings of Ryan Cooper's plan to convert a dilapidated retail building at 1163 Giddings Ave. SE into groundfloor commercial with eight apartments above. Credit: Rockford

May 1, 2025

Emerging developer plans rare fully accessible mixed-use project in southeast Grand Rapids

An emerging developer who was born and raised on the southeast side of Grand Rapids is leveraging his experience with disability to craft what he believes will be the city’s first fully accessible mixed-use development.

The Heights on Burton project proposed at 800 Burton St. SE secured an emerging developer grant this year. Credit: Fishbeck

Mar 27, 2025

Grand Rapids business owner, former commissioner plans first housing project

Eastern Floral CEO and former Grand Rapids city commissioner Bing Goei is breaking into the housing development space for the first time under a partnership that plans to bring an infill mixed-use project to Grand Rapids’ southeast side.

S&B Impact Group's four-story mixed-use development is at the northeast corner of Kalamazoo Avenue and Adams Street. Credit: Issac V. Norris & Associates

Mar 5, 2025

Grand Rapids apartment, restaurant project lands $874K in state backing

A first-time developer’s mixed-use housing and restaurant project in the fast-growing Roosevelt Park neighborhood of Grand Rapids has landed nearly $900,000 in state backing.

First-time developer Juan Lopez plans a new Cuban restaurant named Palmas, along with 17 apartments, at 1516 Cesar E. Chavez Ave. SW in Grand Rapids. Credit: Maxam Architecture

Sep 26, 2024

Longtime Roosevelt Park bakery owner charts new course as developer

The owner of a nearly 25-year-old bakery wants to help transform her business’ block in Grand Rapids’ Roosevelt Park neighborhood with housing and retail.

The Reyes family plans to convert this three-story building at the corner of Cesar E. Chavez and Roosevelt avenues into housing and retail. Credit: Andy Balaskovitz, Crain’s Grand Rapids Business

Sep 6, 2024

Inside new apartment complex at Wealthy and Division

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A new apartment complex by the intersection of Wealthy Street and Division Avenue has moved in its first few residents.

The Wealthy & Sheldon housing development.

Jul 3, 2024

Cuban restaurant, 17 apartments planned for Roosevelt Park neighborhood

A first-time developer is working to open an authentic Cuban restaurant, along with 17 apartment units, in Grand Rapids’ Roosevelt Park neighborhood.

Jul 1, 2024

Local organizations introduce kids to skilled trades

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A partnership between nonprofits and a contractor is giving young people in Grand Rapids a chance to both learn a trade in a positive environment and earn money.

Cella Building Company partners with local organization to give kids an opportunity to learn a trade.

Jun 30, 2024

First units in new 58-unit ‘all electric’ apartment building to open in late August

The first units in a $16.5 million, four-story apartment development at the corner of Wealthy Street and Sheldon Avenue in downtown Grand Rapids are expected to be ready for tenants in late August.

The apartment building, being built by Cella Building Company, consists of two buildings adjacent to one another at the corner of Wealthy Street and Sheldon Avenue in downtown Grand Rapids

Mar 7, 2024

Multifamily housing starts plummet amid higher financing costs

Multifamily housing starts plummeted in West Michigan last year at a rate far worse than national declines, a trend local experts attribute largely to higher borrowing costs.

Construction in January on The Current in Grand Rapids’ Creston neighborhood. Credit: Courtesy of Ryan Talbot

Aug 22, 2023

Mixed-use project at vacant Grand Rapids corner lands $3.5M in state loan, incentives

A state economic development board has approved more than $3.5 million in loan and tax incentive support for a 58-unit mixed-use project planned along the edge of downtown Grand Rapids.

A state board has approved incentives for a 52-unit, mixed-house housing project at the corner of Wealthy Street and Sheldon Avenue in Grand Rapids. Credit: Courtesy of Cella Building Co.

Jan 25, 2023

Cella Building Company moves forward on housing development

A recently rebranded construction firm is embarking on a major project on the southeast side of Grand Rapids.

Mixed-use housing project at the corner of Wealthy Street and Sheldon Avenue in Grand Rapids. Credit: Courtesy of Cella Building Co.

Dec 17, 2022

Empty buildings become housing in Michigan

In 1924, a three-story brick building in northwest Grand Rapids opened as a storage business with a large block letters advertising a “fire-proof warehouse” painted on the side.

New housing in Michigan project by Cella Building Company

Oct 20, 2022

Bazzani Building developing mixed-use project, new headquarters in GR

Bazzani Building Co. is moving its offices from Wealthy Street to a property it is redeveloping as part of a mixed-use project on the city’s West Side.

Bazzani, now Cella Building Co, development mixed-use project

May 12, 2022

Grand Rapids builder sells carbon-neutral
apartment building for $4.65M

Bazzani Building Co. has sold its recently constructed, all-electric Bradford Station apartment building in Grand Rapids for $4.65 million to a Chicago-based property management firm.

Cella Building Co.'s Bradford Station at 255 Bradford St. NE in Grand Rapids was Grand Rapids' first carbon neutral apartment project. Credit: Courtesy of Cella Building Co.