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The developer hopes to break ground on the 400,000 square foot open-air shopping center and housing development after the first of next year.
For years, residents and elected officials debated, fought and voted over the commercialization of the Beltline. Property owners went as far as convincing the city of Grand Rapids to annex portions of land so developers could build under less restrictive city zoning laws.
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