Malls · Michigan

Grand Village Mall

From the authors' mapReinhabitedRetrofit builtGrandville, MI

Reinhabited in 2000. · from the fields below

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Place

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 79,027 on E I 196 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Bike network nearby

This site: 26 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this

Interstate or freeway within 600 m

This site: E I 196 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Low social vulnerability tract (SVI ≤ 0.25)

This site: 0.23 cdc-svi · all sites with this

Tract house prices doubled in 10 years

This site: +123% fhfa · all sites with this

Tract income up 60%+ since 2013

This site: +63% census-acs · all sites with this

Strategy

Reinhabited

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From the authors' map

MI, Grandville: Grand Village Mall/Mars Hill Bible Church, YMCA, 2000
• Reinhabitation, religious, community services

Now

Status	Retrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported
Strategy	Reinhabitedauthors' map reported
What is there now	Reinhabitation, religious, community servicesauthors' map reported
Retrofit year	2000authors' map reported

Links out

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Official records (5)

government and regulatory records for this site, built from ids on the record

Census tract 26081013100 profile (data.census.gov)from data.census.gov
Census tract 26081013100 on Census Reporterfrom censusreporter.org
Kent County (26081) profile (data.census.gov)from data.census.gov
FEMA flood map (NFHL) at this point (search)from msc.fema.gov
EPA ECHO facilities within 1 milefrom echo.epa.gov

Reference (3)

encyclopedic and research references

Wikimedia Commons photos within 500 mfrom commons.wikimedia.org
Retrofitting Suburbia (book site)from retrofittingsuburbia.com
Grandville, Michigan on Wikipediafrom en.wikipedia.org

Place (8)

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Google Mapsfrom google.com
Street Viewfrom google.com
Bing Mapsfrom bing.com
Apple Mapsfrom maps.apple.com
OpenStreetMapfrom openstreetmap.org
Walk Score at this pointfrom walkscore.com
Transitland mapfrom transit.land
USGS National Mapfrom apps.nationalmap.gov

Market (1)

listings and owner pages; commercial, so search engines are told not to follow

LoopNet: for sale in Grandville, MI (search)from city search

News (2)

news searches and archived pages

Google News: “Grand Village Mall” (search)from name search
Bing News: “Grand Village Mall” (search)from name search

History and original facts

Now called / also known as	Mars Hill Bible Church, YMCA
County	Kent County
Census division	3 · East North Central

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Planning

No zoning change, subsidy or policy tool recorded for this site.

Site context

FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	5: CITY OF GRANDVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT; MI DEPT/TRANSPORTATION; MI DEQ-RRD/MANNIK AND SMITH GROUP INC; SPECTRUM HEALTH; TARRY HALL SKATING RINKEPA FRS
Census tract 26081013100	5,306 people, 2,607 per sq mi; median household income $72,974; median gross rent $986; 41% renters; 2.1% vacant units; 1.5% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 11.8 of 20; 61 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 1,045 m; land-use mix 0.66; 83,237 jobs within 45 min by car, 6,603 by transit; 9% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	4 of 6 daily needs: 0 grocers, 0 schools, 5 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 3 civic, 8 food and drink; 26 cycleway segments, 66 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Kent County (MI), 2024	904 units in 5+ unit buildings, 45 in 2–4, 1,141 single-family; 2023: 604 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.23; socioeconomic 0.13; housing and transport 0.34; 13% below 150% of poverty; 3% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	1 within 10 km, 4 within 25 km: Wyoming Village Mall (6.7 km)computed
Overture Maps	no place match; building footprint 7,940 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Tract change 2013–2023	population +2% (5,222 → 5,306); median income +63% ($44,736 → $72,974); renters 39% → 41%; median home value +83% ($126,200 → $231,000)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	very low overall (score 18.3); expected annual loss $885,646; community resilience very highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	36,743 jobs in 1,953 establishments; average annual pay $44,727; employment location quotient 0.89; employment +5.2% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2021	2,869 jobs; 869 in retail trade, 377 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 26081013100)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2021
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 48th income percentile as adults; 0.2% incarcerated at the 2010 count (284 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	not a low-access tract at 1 mile; 2% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 6.4%; median family income $74,634; 212 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Grandville Public Schools (KG-12); 4 public schools within 1 mile: Grandville Central Elementary School; Grandville West Elementary School; Grandville Education Center; Grandville Oakestown Intermediate SchoolNCES EDGE
Elevation	609 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	84 county-logged events: 59 thunderstorm wind, 12 tornado, 11 hail, 2 flood; $35,825,000 property damage reported; 4 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 49418, 2026-09	median list price $419,450 (-7.9% on the year); 55 active listings; median 38 days on market; 20% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	2,162 establishments (+2%); 36,941 jobs (+16%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $353,407 (+4% 1 yr, +29% 5 yr); typical rent $1,602/mo (+4% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	491 (2000 = 100); +4.3% 1 yr, +58% 5 yr, +123% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	79,027 vehicles a day on E I 196 (Interstate, 4 lanes); 4,961 trucks; 32 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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retrofit already built

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Timeline

2000 Retrofit: reinhabit

Sources

Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Grand Village Mall, Grandville, MI." Record m-8b336054cd, from the authors' map. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/mi/grandville-grand-village-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_grandvillegrandvillagemall,
  title = {Grand Village Mall, Grandville, MI},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/mi/grandville-grand-village-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-8b336054cd, release 2026-10-21, tier: curated. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}

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