Grand Rapids Medical Mile - Mid Towne Village

Mid Towne Village

The Mid Towne Village is the first Planned Redevelopment District in the 2003 Grand Rapids passed zoning law. It is designed to be a mixed use facility and is at the northeast corner of Michigan Street and College Avenue. It has six buildings and a 15,000 square feet (1,400 m2) Village Green Park in the center of the development. Key facilities in the project includes the Women’s Health Center, Park Row Condominiums, an office building for the development along with three other buildings. Along with being the first in project of this type in the state it is also the second to receive Brownfield tax credits for a blighted neighborhood.

The Women’s Health Center is a four-story 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2) facility designed to combine many of the women based services in Spectrum Hospital and other Grand Rapids based groups. Connected to the building is a five-story parking ramp providing 500 spaces. At the facility is a lower floor that includes an estimated 500 square feet (46 m2) conference room. Cost of the facility is at $25 million. It is located at the northern end of the facility with the north face of the building looking over Interstate 196. The east face looks over the parking ramp and into a neighborhood.

Building A of the facility is a three-story 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) building. It currently has 46 parking spots in a garage underneath the building. The building is on the west side of the development and is just south of Women's Health Center. Its east side faces the park and its north side also has a view of Interstate 196. A plaza is planned to be placed between it and the Health Center. The building has been planned to be a Medical use only facility.

Building C of the facility is a three-story 29,000-square-foot (2,700 m2) building. It has eight parking spots with two in a residential style garage. Its north side faces the central park, the south side faces the offices of the complex. The east side will overlook the Midtown neighborhood. The west side will overlook a large parking lot and to College Ave.

The residential section of the complex is the Park Row Condos. It has a max of 34 units for purchase with a combined 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2) of space. According to their site they can combine units together to create larger units than what they presently offer. They have four floors on the site and have on-site parking on the east side of the building. The building itself offers both two-story and one-story condos. The one story or flats are located on the first and second levels. The two-story condos are located on the third and fourth floors. This building replaces the 48 residential homes that were purchased and torn down to make way for the complex. The west side will face the Park, the north side will overlook the parking ramp and I-196, the east side will overlook the Midtown neighborhood and the south side will overlook several offices.

The final building of the complex is Building D. It is a three-story 25,000-square-foot (2,300 m2) building. It is being planned for mixed use. It is set up to host seven suites and has no parking garage but has access to the parking on the complex site. Its north side faces a parking lot that will overlook Building B, the south side faces Michigan Street, the east side overlooks the complex offices, and the west side overlooks offices between it and College Avenue.