Work continues at Adelaide Point development on the site of the former Michigan Steel foundry. Great to see this waterfront development progressing Muskegon has a potential stellar waterfront. Redeveloping old industrial sites while maintaining pedestrian and bike access is a great way to improve the community while keeping residents engaged with their waterfront.
It’s really cool that Muskegon has a couple WW2 museum ships as part of its waterfront park space, USS Silversides a Gato Class submarine is one of the most famous ships of the US WW2 submarine fleet. There’s also a LST (landing ship transport) docked along the waterfront though this one is in downtown as opposed to Silversides which is across from the state park in the channel.
Muskegon still has a ways to go with rolling back mid century urban renewal & the lack of access Lake Shore Drive causes between the waterfront & downtown. That is on top of the downtown interchange cutting off the west end of the city from the center.
Still I’ve been very impressed with how far the city has come in the past 10 years Muskegon State Park is one of my favorites having a quality urban center to attract visitors into spending time & money downtown. Nothing wrong with camping I love my stays at Muskegon State Park yet it’s great to see the city creating opportunities for people to engage more with the city itself as well as attracting potential new residents.
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Muskegon Lake development ‘game changer’ for Michigan’s mass timber future
There’s mass timber swinging at the development on Muskegon Lake, marking a major step forward in sustainable construction.
Adelaide Pointe, a $250 million mixed-use development and marina planned for the waterfront, committed to using mass timber on three of its major projects — a first in Michigan construction.
Mass timber is a wood construction product comprised of multiple solid wood panels nailed or glued together.
In addition to strength and stability, mass timber has been hailed as a carbon-negative construction option. This is because in addition to not using typical construction methods like concrete and steel, wood’s natural ability to capture carbon can amount to millions of miles not driven or pounds of coal not burned.
Michigan State University researchers believe the state’s manufacturing expertise and natural resources could make it a leader in a new, sustainable construction industry. But first they need an archetype.
Enter Adelaide Pointe and developers Ryan and Emily Leetsma.
“When I started my job, I thought okay, Ann Arbor will build some mass timber buildings. Maybe some in Detroit. When the first call I got was from Muskegon, I was like, ‘this is pretty cool,’” said Sandra Lupien, Director of MassTimber@MSU.
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