Grosse Pointe scene changing as planners envisioned
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 managerWriter: Kim North Shine
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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