Skip to Content

Downtown

2 posts

Posts tagged with Downtown

Experienced designer chooses Muskegon for Scandinavian-inspired 5-story building

Dustin Sommer told The Commission his five-story building at 118 W. Clay is meant to activate the economic corridor between Pine and Western. A minimalist design is purposeful, inspiring future tenants to see neighborhood businesses as amenity extensions of the building.

Experienced designer chooses Muskegon for Scandinavian-inspired 5-story building
118 W Clay Rendering

Dustin Sommer, founder of The Development Studio, is building a place to live simply, where tenants are inspired to leave the apartment and explore their neighborhood. He shared his vision at the September 22 City Commission Meeting. His plan for 118 W. Clay is forty apartments over small shops: 12 studios, 21 one-bedrooms, and seven two-bedrooms. Sommer says he thinks about the project the way he would if he lived there.

Sommer shares his vision for Clay Street

The design is modern, Scandinavian, and minimalist. Efficient layouts that will likely include laundry in the units. Excluding amenities like

Experienced designer chooses Muskegon for Scandinavian-inspired 5-story building Read more

40 apartments proposed for 118 W. Clay, with a tax tool attached

Commission holds a hearing on a plan that would let a five-story mixed-use building on Clay tap new taxes to cover site work and a financing gap.

40 apartments proposed for 118 W. Clay, with a tax tool attached
118 West Clay

Tuesday night is a public hearing on a five-story building at 118 W. Clay — apartments over first-floor storefronts — and on the tax plan that would help pay for it.

The developer on the packet is Revilo Two GRR, LLC. Staff describe 40 units: 12 studios, 21 one-bedrooms, seven two-bedrooms. Total investment is about $12.9 million. Construction is aimed at spring 2027 and 15 to 18 months of work.

Site Plan

What Commission is being asked to approve is a brownfield plan amendment (the legal paper that lets new taxes on the site — tax increment financing,

40 apartments proposed for 118 W. Clay, with a tax tool attached Read more