The vision to create a Grosse Pointe downtown district that is pumping
with restaurants, entertainment, and shopping has broadened, taking on
health, recreation and wellness as goals.
A number of projects are making the vision a reality. The expansion and
modernization of Kroger, which reopened in November. The
more-than-doubled expansion and added amenity of outdoor seating to the
Village Grille restaurant, the recent opening of Sidestreet Diner, the
coming of Green Zone Pizza to name a few. And now the partnership
between Beaumont Hospital and Neighborhood Club to build a new health,
recreation and wellness center in the Village is taking hopes for the
quaint, walkable village district to another level, says Grosse Pointe
City Manager Peter Dame.
"This is the kind of project that enhances what we have going on there already," Dame says.
Green Zone Pizza is leasing space in a block-long redevelopment of the
former Jacobson's department store. The addition nearly fills the
building, which now has about 10 tenants, from Trader Joe's and Yoga
Shelter to Coldwater Creek and Ann Taylor Loft.
The Beaumont Hospital-Neighborhood Club project is a 420,000-square-foot
facility to be located on the current site of the Neighborhood Club, a
provider of community education and sports leagues as well as the home
of Services for Older Citizens. The opening date has not been set.
Source: Peter Dame, Grosse Pointe city manager
Writer: Kim North Shine
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