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Real Estate Grant Programs in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids has emerged as one of Michigan's most active adaptive reuse markets. The city's historic building inventory along Monroe Center, Fulton Street, and the West Side industrial corridor provides strong qualification pathways for the Michigan 25% historic credit and its federal counterpart.

Grant Landscape in Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids developers benefit from a concentrated historic district network, an active Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, and MSHDA's consistent LIHTC allocations to Kent County projects. The Michigan Community Revitalization Program has funded multiple Grand Rapids mixed-use projects. The West Side and Southtown neighborhoods contain brownfield-eligible parcels, while Monroe North and Heritage Hill support historic credit projects. NMTC-eligible tracts exist in the urban core, particularly along Division Avenue South.

Key Funding Opportunities

  • 1Heritage Hill Historic District — extensive NR-eligible building stock
  • 2Monroe Center commercial corridor — historic and mixed-use
  • 3West Side industrial sites — brownfield TIF eligible
  • 4Southtown neighborhood — affordable housing programs
  • 5Division Avenue corridor — NMTC eligible census tracts
OPTIMAL STACK FOR GRAND RAPIDS

A Grand Rapids historic mixed-use rehab stacks the Michigan 25% HTC, Federal 20% HTC, and Michigan Brownfield TIF — delivering 45% of qualified rehab costs in credits before any gap financing is applied.

Active Grant Programs for Grand Rapids

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Eligible Project Types in Grand Rapids

historic rehabilitationmixed useaffordable housingcommercialbrownfield
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