Grand Rapids mayor: Calder Plaza is a ‘sterile, dead site’ needing major redesign

Grand Rapids mayor: Calder Plaza is a ‘sterile, dead site’ needing major redesign

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — As a decade long push to renovate Calder Plaza drags on, Grand Rapids Mayor David LaGrand is emphasizing the need to “think big,” and said making the plaza accessible from Monroe Avenue and the Medical Mile is key.

Calder Plaza’s original construction firm is brought back in for renovations

The original construction manager of downtown Grand Rapids’ Calder Plaza is being brought back in to oversee its renovation nearly six decades later. Grand Rapids-based Owen-Ames-Kimball Co. (O-A-K) will lead the project that calls for green space, dedicated event space, daily gathering areas and accessibility improvements.  The Grand... Please login to read all 633 words.