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Redevelopment Project Wins $1M Grant

TRAVERSE CITY, MI-Minervini Group is converting a former state hospital campus into Grand Traverse Commons, a mixed-use project, on a site with asbestos and lead paint-contaminated waste materials.

By Dan Heaton | Updated on March 08, 2005

TRAVERSE CITY, MI-Grand Traverse County has been awarded a $1-million state brownfield redevelopment grant for the Grand Traverse Commons project. The funds will allow the Minervini Group to continuerenovation of Building 50 and other historic structures at the former state hospital campus for office, retail, and residential uses.

Grant funds will be used for the Mercato Phase, which is four floors of small retail shops, commercial and professional offices, and residential units in Building 50. A brownfield redevelopment grant was awarded for another part of the development in 2003 and a restaurant at the site opened in 2004.

“This money will provide crucial funding to clean up and convert vacant and blighted buildings into attractive, productive properties,” says Gov. Jennifer Granholm. “We want to provide Michigan cities with as many tools as possible to make their communities places where people are eager to work, recreate, and raise families.”

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