[deja vu]

Muskegon -

A few small things out of Muskegon:

If you missed it here's some photos from back in May of the Convention Center progress, after work resumed from a temporary COVID-19 halt...

Downtown Muskegon development moving forward as construction resumes
Anya van Wagtendonk | MLive
May 15, 2020

MUSKEGON, MI - With the state ban on construction lifted, work is ramping up on several developments in and near downtown Muskegon following weeks of unusual quiet as city businesses adjusted to coronavirus-related work stoppages. Earlier this week, construction crews scaled scaffolding alongside the future Lakeshore Convention Center on Fourth Street between West Western Avenue and Shoreline Drive, while heavy machinery moved across the future site of the Hartshorn Village condominium project, between Hartshorn Marina on Muskegon Lake and Fricano Place...

Another delay for The Leonard...

Construction delayed again on 6-story, mixed-use building in downtown Muskegon
Anya van Wagtendonk | MLive
June 29, 2020

MUSKEGON, MI - Groundbreaking on a mixed-use development planned for downtown Muskegon has been delayed again, due to financing problems, but could take place later this summer in the “best case scenario,” according to city officials. That’s about two years later than originally anticipated, but Muskegon City Manager Frank Peterson expressed optimism that the six-story Leonard building, slated for Western Avenue and Second Street, is still moving forward...

Image Source: Kayla Renie | MLive

NorthTown development begins leasing...

Office leasing opens in $3M downtown Muskegon development
Rachel Watson | GRBJ
July 1, 2020

Office leasing opened in a recently completed mixed-use development in downtown Muskegon that houses restaurants, retail and professional suites. John Essex, managing director of Port City Ventures, which owns Core Realty Partners, said Core Realty Partners began accepting deposits for individual office spaces within the NorthTown 794 development at 794 Pine St. in downtown Muskegon within the past four weeks and has about 35-40% of the top-floor office space still available to lease...

This is pretty boring, but...

Construction has begun on Muskegon-area Chick-Fil-A
Anya van Wagtendonk | MLive
July 8, 2020

NORTON SHORES, MI – Construction has begun on a long-awaited Chick-Fil-A restaurant in Muskegon County. Ground broke Monday, July 8, on a local franchise of the national chain, at 5607 S. Harvey St., according to its project manager, John Downing, of Buffalo Construction, a Louisville, Ky., building company...

(this is near Lakes Crossing Shopping Center)

Muskegon exploring public-private partnership to build 100 new rentals
July 9, 2020
Anya van Wagtendonk | MLive

MUSKEGON, MI – A proposed public-private partnership to build new rental housing inside the city of Muskegon would build both single- and multi-family housing on vacant lots around Muskegon. The project’s stated goal is to both provide rental options to middle-income families and to increase the city’s real estate tax base, while reducing the number of vacant lots in the city...

And in Douglas, MI...

Douglas to buy marina for public waterfront park
By Carolyn Muyskens | Holland Sentinel
July 11, 2020

DOUGLAS — Douglas is acquiring a private marina, located just south of the Blue Star Highway bridge over Kalamazoo Lake, to convert for public use and develop into a waterfront park. The Douglas City Council voted Monday to authorize the purchase of the one-acre, 14-slip Point Pleasant Marine...