[DetroitSky]

Developers plan new west side Grand Rapids office building

GRAND RAPIDS — A group of developers are positioning their proposed new Leonard Street office building as a gateway to Grand Rapids’ west side.

Leonard Street Partners LLC detailed plans today for a $5 million, three-story, mixed-used building at the corner of Leonard Street and Broadway Avenue. The partners hope the building will serve as a “rebirth of the historic business corridor.”

“Our vision is a multi-use business and retail area that will bring many new jobs to this area,” said project investor Johnny Brann Jr., the owner of Kitchen67, Brann’s Restaurants and Interphase Interiors. “More feet and faces will be part of this corridor moving forward.”

Developers are proposing to demolish three vacant buildings to construct the 23,000-square-foot office building that will have commercial offices on the second and third floors. They have secured architecture firm Paradigm Design Inc., which currently operates at 550 3 Mile Road NW, as the anchor tenant. The ground floor will serve as retail space and be announced in the coming weeks.