PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) — Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announcing on Wednesday, September 7, Michigan Strategic Fund approval of $83.8 million in grant funding across 22 statewide community development projects through the Revitalization And Placemaking program.
The city of Portage is also set to benefit from the funding to go towards the construction of a four-story multifamily building in the city’s Centre Avenue Corridor, constructed by Tall Timbers Portage, LLC.
When completed, the project will include 180 apartments, parking space and a common area.
Officials say the project will bring contaminated property back to productive use by adding vibrancy and density to the area, as well as address the need for housing in a growing community driven by expansion projects at Stryker, Pfizer, and other major employers in the area, while setting the tone for future development.
“The transformative and compelling Tall Timbers project is located on a transit line, is part of a growing and intense walkable mixed-use corridor, has a minimum 10 percent workforce housing component and will be the first privately owned gold Leed certified development in our city’s history,” said Portage City Manager Pat McGinnis. “To top it off, we’ve enjoyed leadership and consultancy from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. The Tall Timbers project checks all the boxes for Portage.”
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