Development Update and New Site Plan

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We're working hard on the Village of Orchard Hills.

First, we've updated our corporate Web site with the latest site plan. Please look it over. Let us know what you think. (FYI - we're moderating our comments here, but there are plenty of places around the Internet for free-wheeling discussion.)

Second, this weekend our team is headed out to Las Vegas to attend the ICSC convention. This is the place where thousands of developers meet with national retailers to woo them into projects in new markets. Despite Michigan's economic woes, we feel that Western Michigan is rock solid. Once you sit down with folks and explain the good news, the market's an easy sale.

We have a great team, we're working on a great location, and we're trying hard to do something that folks in Grand Rapids will appreciate. Thankfully, despite a tough market, our vision continues to be persuasive.

Good to go ...

We're good to go. The Village of Orchard Hills in Grand Rapids Township has received final approval from the Township Board.

Read more about it in the Grand Rapids Press:

Orchard Hills housing-retail gets final approval

Township Tweaks Orchard Hills Plan

The Grand Rapids Press reported in a Wednesday, February 27th article on a decision by the Planning Commission in Grand Rapids Township to have 11 acres taken off of the Village of Orchard Hills project. The article, also published on mlive.com, points out that this will not in any way hinder the developer's goal to create a retail village with the feel of a small town.