page_title: Grand Rapids Medical Mile
section_title: RDV/Christman Michigan Street Development
hierarchical_section_title: Grand Rapids Medical Mile / Other developments / RDV/Christman Michigan Street Development
caption_attribution_description: English: A view toward the Medical Mile on Michigan Street with the Secchia Center visible on the left and the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital on the right.
context_page_description: Grand Rapids Medical Mile is a designated area within the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan. It began with medical-related development in the Hillside District of Grand Rapids, Michigan, bordering both sides of Michigan Street. More than a decade later it encompasses an area five times larger, expanding east further down Michigan St.and north across Interstate 196. It has also been referred to as Grand Rapids Medical Corridor, Michigan Street Medical Corridor, Health Hill, Medical Hill, and Pill Hill, among other names.
  The corridor originated from the 1996 founding of Van Andel Institute by Jay and Betty Van Andel. It has since expanded to include the Grand Rapids Community College's Calkins Science Center across Bostwick Avenue, Spectrum Health's expanded Butterworth Hospital complex, Grand Valley State University's Health Campus, and Michigan State University Secchia Center Medical School, among other facilities in the area.
context_section_description: The RDV/Christman Michigan Street Development is an integrated series of mixed-use buildings constructed along the north side of Michigan Street spanning between Division Avenue to Coit Avenue. It was a $250 million project that is jointly owned by RDV Corp. and The Christman Company, collectively known as Michigan Street Development, LLC. Several properties were acquired by the partnership: a State of Michigan surface parking lot, the Towers Building, an aboveground parking structure, a private practice medical building, and a Burger King. All of these were razed in preparation for the new facilities. Numerous tax incentives allowed financing of the development to become finalized.
  The design of the facility includes a four-story, 2,300 space underground parking structure with four buildings built on the top levels. The four buildings will have approximately 740,000 square feet (69,000 m²) of space and created approximately two thousand new jobs.
  The project is scheduled to be completed in two primary phases.
  Phase I consisted of:
  Demolition of the Burger King, surface parking lots, aboveground parking structure, and medical office.
  Mass excavation and an earth retention system at the east and west thirds of the site.
  A parking structure below grade from Division Avenue to Bostwick Avenue and just east of Bostwick Avenue to Coit Avenue.
  Michigan Street Tunnel connecting the Butterworth Campus to the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital and the Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion.
  Tower 25 - seven-story medical office building.
  A pedestrian bridge connecting the parking structure to the Van Andel Institute.
  Construction of the Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion and the Michigan State University Secchia Center College of Human Medicine.
  Phase II consisted of:
  Demolition of the Towers Building and surface parking lot.
  Mass excavation and earth retention at the center third of the development.
  Tower 35 - seven-story medical office building including lab space located at 35 Michigan Street NE.
  A pedestrian bridge connecting Tower 35 to the Butterworth Campus and the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital.
  A food court located between Tower 25 and Tower 35.
caption: A view toward the Medical Mile on Michigan Street with the Secchia Center visible on the left and the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital on the right.
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