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Grand Village Mall

From the authors' mapReinhabitedRetrofit builtGrandville, MI

Reinhabited in 2000. · from the fields below

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Place
30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent roadThis site: 79,027 on E I 196 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Bike network nearbyThis site: 26 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this
Interstate or freeway within 600 mThis site: E I 196 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Low social vulnerability tract (SVI ≤ 0.25)This site: 0.23 cdc-svi · all sites with this
Tract house prices doubled in 10 yearsThis site: +123% fhfa · all sites with this
Tract income up 60%+ since 2013This site: +63% census-acs · all sites with this
Strategy
ReinhabitedThis site: Reinhabitation, religious, community services record · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

MI, Grandville: Grand Village Mall/Mars Hill Bible Church, YMCA, 2000
• Reinhabitation, religious, community services

Now

StatusRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present)
StrategyReinhabitedauthors' map
What is there nowReinhabitation, religious, community servicesauthors' map
Retrofit year2000authors' map

Site context

FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m5: CITY OF GRANDVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT; MI DEPT/TRANSPORTATION; MI DEQ-RRD/MANNIK AND SMITH GROUP INC; SPECTRUM HEALTH; TARRY HALL SKATING RINKEPA FRS
Census tract 260810131005,306 people, 2,607 per sq mi; median household income $72,974; median gross rent $986; 41% renters; 2.1% vacant units; 1.5% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 11.8 of 20; 61 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 1,045 m; land-use mix 0.66; 83,237 jobs within 45 min by car, 6,603 by transit; 9% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)4 of 6 daily needs: 0 grocers, 0 schools, 5 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 3 civic, 8 food and drink; 26 cycleway segments, 66 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
Housing permits, Kent County (MI), 2024904 units in 5+ unit buildings, 45 in 2–4, 1,141 single-family; 2023: 604 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.23; socioeconomic 0.13; housing and transport 0.34; 13% below 150% of poverty; 3% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby1 within 10 km, 4 within 25 km: Wyoming Village Mall (6.7 km)computed
Overture Mapsno place match; building footprint 7,940 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Tract change 2013–2023population +2% (5,222 → 5,306); median income +63% ($44,736 → $72,974); renters 39% → 41%; median home value +83% ($126,200 → $231,000)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)very low overall (score 18.3); expected annual loss $885,646; community resilience very highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 kmnoneHUD LIHTC
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)not a low-access tract at 1 mile; 2% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 6.4%; median family income $74,634; 212 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
SchoolsGrandville Public Schools (KG-12); 4 public schools within 1 mile: Grandville Central Elementary School; Grandville West Elementary School; Grandville Education Center; Grandville Oakestown Intermediate SchoolNCES EDGE
Elevation609 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 20232,162 establishments (+2%); 36,941 jobs (+16%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $353,407 (+4% 1 yr, +29% 5 yr); typical rent $1,602/mo (+4% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025491 (2000 = 100); +4.3% 1 yr, +58% 5 yr, +123% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)79,027 vehicles a day on E I 196 (Interstate, 4 lanes); 4,961 trucks; 32 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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History and original facts

Now called / also known asMars Hill Bible Church, YMCA
CountyKent County
Census division3 · East North Central

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Timeline

  1. 2000 Retrofit: reinhabit

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