The hotel will be on the southeast corner of Newberry/6th St and Monroe, north of the freeway. It will be just north of the Brass Works Building and across the street from the 6th Street Bridge Park. Supposedly work will start this summer and finish-up in the fall of next year.
rotten42, here is a picture of Grand Rapid's (MI) Grand River flooding before(December)-and-after that I have shared other places on the forum:
Dave Guthrie,
Grand Rapids Press