[DetroitSky]

Mixed-use development in downtown Muskegon gets $1.5 million in state funding

MUSKEGON — The state of Michigan is providing funding assistance for a new mixed-use development in downtown Muskegon.

The Michigan Strategic Fund voted Tuesday to award Sweetwater Development Partners LLC financial assistance in the amount of $1.5 million through the Michigan Community Revitalization Program.

The request supports an $8.9 million project that includes a six-story mixed-use building called The Leonard at 292 W. Western Ave., on the corner of Second Street and Western Avenue.

Sweetwater Development is planning to construct a 51,565-square-foot building that will contain first-floor retail space, second and third-floor office space and 18 one-bedroom and two-bedroom units on the remaining three floors.