As West Michigan's economy continues to thrive and grow, Gerald R. Ford International is setting record numbers for passengers and cargo. 2017 marked the fifth year in a row for record-breaking passenger rides. Many terminal / passenger experience improvements have recently been implemented as part of GFIA's master plan. Now the focus is shifting towards encouraging outside development of several large parcels on the airport grounds -
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Airport plans provide economic ‘domino’ effect
Carole Valade | GRBJ
February 23, 2018
The Business Journal is reporting in greater depth on a new master plan and commercial development opportunities at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport. Taken all together, it is likely the largest economic stimulus project in West Michigan history, rivaling the famed developments brought by Grand Action to downtown Grand Rapids. And like any Grand Action plan, the full magnitude of the project will reveal itself over a 20-year span...
...The master plan...makes the 800 acres available for lease for non-aeronautical commercial development on surrounding airport property...Some of those properties are “shovel-ready,” including one 109-acre parcel with utilities, roads, light poles and fire hydrants already in place. Other site sizes are 200 acres, 116 acres and some as small as five acres...
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