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Public hearing held for ICCF plan to convert vacant post office into income‑qualified apartments
Summary
The Grand Rapids City Commission heard an OPRA application from ICCF to convert a vacant USPS building at Eastern and Burton into roughly 15 income‑qualified apartments, with MSHDA support, 7 project‑based vouchers and an aspirational 20% subcontractor inclusion goal; commissioners and neighbors asked for clearer AMI and sustainability details.
The Grand Rapids City Commission held a public hearing on an Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Exemption (OPRA) request from ICCF to convert a vacant U.S. Postal Service building at Eastern Avenue and Burton into about 15 one‑ and two‑bedroom income‑qualified apartments.
ICCF representative Dakota Reel said the project will preserve and retrofit the existing 17,000‑square‑foot, two‑story structure and market it as income‑qualified housing rather than market‑rate units. "Every single unit in this location will serve neighbors at or below a 120% AMI," Reel said, adding that most units will target 60% AMI or below and that the developer has priced rents below those caps in…
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