Crain’s Grand Rapids Business

Developers Scott and Spencer Wierda, of SW Real Estate Investment, got city backing March 31 for a 132-unit housing project called Lake Eastbrook Apartments at 3538 Lake Eastbrook Blvd. SE in a vacant lot that once housed the Orbit Room.

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Plans are underway to transform a vacant parking lot that once housed the Orbit Room music venue in Grand Rapids into a housing development with 132 mixed-income apartments.

New national specialty brand and locally owned café reinforce strong demand for East Grand Rapids’ signature district.

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Work is underway on a project that will demolish a vacant Family Fare grocery store on Breton Road SE and replace it with seven three-story buildings containing 168 mixed-income apartments.

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SW Real Estate Investment hopes to demolish a former Family Fare grocery store near Breton Road and 44th Street and build 168 apartments, half of which would be reserved for moderate-income residents.

Crain’s Grand Rapids Business

The shuttered Rite Aid storefront across the street from Breton Village shopping center is set to be redeveloped into a four-tenant retail building.

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After 23 years, developers Scott Wierda and Brian DeVries have sold Breton Village to WS Development, which is based near Boston and owns over 100 properties nationwide.

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Scott Wierda and Spencer Wierda have founded SW Real Estate Investment, which will will focus on investment, development, and brokerage of a real estate portfolio that includes multifamily housing, retail, and mixed-use developments in West Michigan.

Crain’s Grand Rapids Business

Longtime Grand Rapids real estate developer and investor Scott Wierda is stepping down from the commercial property management and investment company he co-founded 17 years ago to launch his own firm with his son.