The new renderings for 10 Ionia are out, representing a significant reduction in height, but a closer alignment with the historical district that it is within. The reduction is from 418 feet tall (42 stories) down to 162 feet tall (13 stories). The market-rate apartment portion (255 units) of the proposal has been scrapped, and only the hotel portion (140 rooms) remains. The hotel brand is yet to be publicly announced. The reduction in height is a disappoint, but the rest of the design remains essentially unchanged.
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Plans for 42-story tower downtown Grand Rapids shrink to 13 stories
Amy Biolchini | MLive
June 14, 2018
GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- A developer has dramatically changed plans for what would have been the tallest building in Grand Rapids. Instead of a 42-story tower at 10 Ionia NW, the Hinman Company has now drafted plans for a 13-story building at the site, according to public filings with the city's Historic Preservation Commission.
"We continue to be committed to developing a great project on the 10 Ionia site. Many factors impact the potential development of any property and 10 Ionia is no different," Hinman Company President Roger Hinman said in a statement...
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The revised renderings below, by Hinman's go-to firm, Yamasaki -
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MLive | Courtesy Yamasaki Architecture-Planning-Engineering.
Updated elevations from the amended application packet to the HPC -
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Grand Rapids Historic Preservation Commission | Courtesy Yamasaki Architecture-Planning-Engineering
It is much closer in scale now to what was previously there. The Rindge Building, a boot and shoe factory constructed in the 1890's and demolished in the 1970's, depicted below -
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MLive | Courtesy Grand Rapids Public Library
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Grand Rapids Historical Commission